"CHASING ICE" captures largest glacier calving ever filmed - OFFICIAL VIDEO
Why Hacker News recommends it
Recommended whenever glaciers come up, as a stunning look at the scale of calving.
What it is
Footage from the Chasing Ice project of the largest glacier calving event ever filmed, at Greenland's Ilulissat Glacier in 2008. A 75-minute event is condensed to a few minutes of cameras watching ice collapse.
Recommended by 4 HN commenters across 4 different months, 2013 to 2017.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec jcr · 2014-05 · on “An illustrated guide to our collapsing Antarctic glaciers”
If you haven't seen it, the following video is amazing. The glacier that's falling apart is about the size of Manhattan. "CHASING ICE captures largest glacier calving ever filmed" [this video]
Recommends junto · 2013-02 · on “Massive glacier collapse”
At 1m50s a huge piece of ancient blue ice rises, reminiscent of a blue whale breaching from the ocean depths. Beautiful: [this video]
Recommends hammock · 2016-10 · on “What it means when a huge Antarctic glacier is unstable”
Was hoping there would be visual of an unstable glacier, not just text about sea level rise. If you have never seen a glacier calve before, check out these videos: [this video] [LINK] [LINK]
Recommends mml · 2017-06 · on “Flipped Iceberg (2014)”
I humbly submit this magnificent calving: [this video] Mind boggling. A chunk of ice the size of Manhattan rolling over.