Huge iceberg, 6 kilometers long, drifting along Greenland’s east coast

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Huge iceberg, 6 kilometers long, drifting along Greenland’s east coast
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The iceberg has travelled a distance of about 1,200 kilometres and, according to DMI, is entering a new phase.

We can expect it to break up into smaller icebergs as it continues to drift south, Hans Henrik Light, ice analyst at DMI, says in a press release.

Large, plateau-shaped icebergs drift with the pack ice along Greenland's eastern coast during the winter and spring, reaching southern Greenland during the summer. They usually measure a modest 200-500 metres in this context.

We only see icebergs three to six kilometres across, like this one, every two or three years, Hans Henrik Light says.

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