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- An 11 million tonne iceberg has been stranded and parked near a small village in Greenland.
- Researchers say there is a risk There is hope that a new moon will raise the tide and help dislodge the gigantic iceberg
Imagine yourself alive in a suburban home and a morning looking out your front window to find a skyscraper that dominates your home. This is what the researchers are comparing the 11 million tonne iceberg that currently hangs over a small village in Greenland.
"I would be the first to get out ," David Holland, an oceanographer from New York University told National Public Radio.
Like-minded authorities evacuated the people living closest to the shore to Innaarsuit, a village of about 170 people according to the BBC.
Holland, who is doing research in Greenland during the summer, said the bays surrounding the area are an easy place for icebergs to drift in and bottom on the seabed. when they are stuck that people living nearby can start to feel uncomfortable with icebergs.
A View of an Iceberg, Near the Village Innarsuit, North West Greenland Coast (Magnus Kristensen / Ritzau Scanpix by AP )
"There is a risk that a large piece of ice could come off this very large iceberg," said Dr. Anna Hogg, a glaciologist at the University of Ottawa. University of Leeds,
Hogg adds that icebergs, although massive, are fragile and contain fractures through them.
One thing that may surprise, is that most residents of 39 Innaarsuit, one of the seaside communities of Greenland with a maritime economy, can not swim. "There is only one swimming pool in Greenland, Nuuk, which is much further down the coast. that village we're talking about, "says Hogg, says Hogg." If you think about it, why would they be able to swim? The water in the ocean is so cold, you can not even put your toe on without it being unbearably icy. "
Satellite data revealed that the iceberg According to an expert from the Danish Meteorological Institute, the authorities have closely monitored the iceberg and said that it was moving some 600 yards north from being lodged. hope that a new moon will bring a tidal surge allowing the iceberg to dislodge and float away from the village, says Sermitsiaq, a national newspaper from Greenland.
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