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Greenland Glacier Implodes and Unleashes Tsunami Wave at Tour Boat (Video)
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Greenland Glacier Implodes and Unleashes Tsunami Wave at Tour Boat (Video)

Surfer·Dashel Pierson·about 2 months ago
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A terrifying, yet stunning, moment on freezing Arctic waters turned into viral footage when a massive glacier collapsed at Greenland’s famed Ilulissat Icefjord on July 16th. Aboard a local tour boat positioned near the frozen colossus, passenger Magnus Nisse Bech Andersen captured the exact moment giant, apartment-building-sized chunks of ice sheared off the face, crashing into the fjord with explosive force. The sheer kinetic energy released by the collapsing ice immediately generated towering, tsunami-like displacement waves that began hurtling directly toward the tour vessel. Watch the footage, and imagine being in the scenario below. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/I03m4OfsAz4 As the wall of water rapidly closed in, someone aboard the boat could be heard exclaiming in complete awe: "This is the biggest one I've ever seen." Fortunately for everyone on board, because the waves formed in deeper water, they surged outward as smooth rollers rather than breaking into violent white water.…

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