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iceberg

[ahys-burg] / ˈaɪs bɜrg /


NOUN
cold fish
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Tides, winds, ocean currents, and melting will continue weakening the iceberg until it eventually fractures into smaller pieces.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

The newly separated tabular iceberg broke away from Petermann Glacier's floating ice tongue and may be as much as 150 meters thick.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

But the 14 sites identified in the programme are just the tip of the iceberg and there are about 20,000 high-concern sites in the UK, said Dr David Megson, the scientist involved in the documentary.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Federal health officials have linked one outbreak to shredded iceberg lettuce from a Mexican supplier for Taco Bell restaurants.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

These mirages made navigation around the bergs very dangerous, because it was often hard to tell what was a real iceberg and what was a phantom.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

Most of these events are likely glacial earthquakes due to capsizing icebergs.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

A glacial earthquake is created when tall, thin icebergs fall off the end of a glacier into the ocean.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

Large, flat-topped icebergs are relatively common around Antarctica, but comparable ice islands are much less frequently seen in the Arctic.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

I instead recall coasting past a flotilla of icebergs in Alaska’s Glacier Bay.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Much of the island is submerged during the rainy season, and even in the dry summer pieces of the mazy shoreline are constantly calving off like icebergs and falling into the water.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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