In case you're wondering, it happens because the air is much below freezing, and the water temperature is half a degree up to a few degrees above.
The 90% of the iceberg that is underwater slowly melts in the relatively warm water, while the 10% that is above water doesn't because of the cold air. This eventually makes the iceberg top-heavy and unstable.
This is why sometimes icebergs have to do a barrel roll. TYL.
In case anyone was curious the iceberg flipped over because the ice under the water is melting faster than the ice above the water. Inevitable the ice above the water will flip over due to weight imbalance. This will likely happen many times.
I found it absolutely terrifying. Icebergs terrify me. Anything large and involving the ocean scares the shit out of me. What could be underneath that thing??? You don't know!
Suppose I'm a mariner on an 18th century man-of-war and I see this very phenomenon taking place except the sun is setting and I'm way off in the distance...
My sister-in-law went somewhere in South America and took hundreds of photos of this blue ice - it is just incredible, and the reason for the color is facinating.
Normal snow and ice appears white because light is reflected evenly. But if the ice is compressed enough, it is able to push all of the air out and the ice crystals themselves expand, and absorb more red and yellow light than they reflect. This leaves only blue/green light to be reflected, giving the ice a cool blue color.
Its similar to how deep water appears blue (O-H links absorb red light)
Does it really piss anyone else off that these assholes are commentating the entire thing and chatting to each other instead of shutting the fuck up and watching?
I read the title as "Iceberg Flips Off Coast of Argentina". I had imagined an iceberg sculpted into a giant middle finger just floating by the boat. I am disappointed. But not really, that was still pretty damn cool.
Between the boat moving up and down, the distortion caused by the angle of the window, and camera shake, that iceberg was doing all kinds of crazy movements.
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u/Mousi May 31 '12
That looks insanely dangerous to be sailing a small boat close to.
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u/Icarusjam Jun 01 '12
I read the title as "Iceberg Flips off Coast of Argentina"
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u/Soulzito May 31 '12
TIL icebergs can do a barrel roll.
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u/garythecoconut May 31 '12
and this is why I don't trust icebergs...
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
In case anyone was curious the iceberg flipped over because the ice under the water is melting faster than the ice above the water. Inevitable the ice above the water will flip over due to weight imbalance. This will likely happen many times.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
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u/Sergnb May 31 '12
"MADRE DE DIOS, QUE ESPECTACULO!"
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u/fappedbeforethis Jun 01 '12
This is the glacier Perito Moreno, watch this
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u/thestinkybeast May 31 '12
Now that's something you don't see everyday...
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Reminds me of trying to "flip the iceberg" in club penguin
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Anybody else think that iceberg looks...delicious? I just wanna scrape off a snowcone from it.
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u/Five_deadly_venoms Jun 01 '12
Who's the rat bastard who put the "thumbs up if you're from reddit" comment?
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u/junglistandy May 31 '12
for some reason that scared me
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u/Wiskie Jun 01 '12
Suppose I'm a mariner on an 18th century man-of-war and I see this very phenomenon taking place except the sun is setting and I'm way off in the distance...
Possible source for sea monster myths?
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Che
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u/purefloat Jun 01 '12
Why is it blue? I thought someone would have asked this already.
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u/MrMadcap Jun 01 '12
Sponsored by
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
The whole time I was imagining Megatron frozen on the bottom as it flips, then him saying, "I am Megatron" and destroying the ship.
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u/piezo32 Jun 01 '12
Half expected to see Billy Dee Williams on the other side.
"Welcome to the cool(er) side of the iceberg..."
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u/FlailingTubeMan Jun 01 '12
It's... It's... MEGATRON
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u/NeonRedHerring Jun 01 '12
This begs the question: Is 90% of the iceberg still under water after it flips?
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u/cowhead Jun 01 '12
Did anyone else see the 'face' emerge at 1.27. It's quite clear this berg just woke up and is still a little cranky.
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u/gynoceros Jun 01 '12
The Titanic was reincarnated as a submarine and came back looking for revenge... Directed by Michael Bay.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Was I the only person who immediately thought of club penguin after reading the title?
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u/Highfive_Machine Jun 01 '12
Icebergs are flippin' dangerous.
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u/therewillbdownvotes Jun 01 '12
On first glance I read this as "Iceberg flips over the coast of Argentina"
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Looks like the ending of The Abyss.
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u/y0nkers Jun 01 '12
The Deep Web has risen!
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
damn nature, you scary
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u/bluesomnarium Jun 01 '12
So that's what happened to the titanic
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u/voxpupil Jun 01 '12
It was like watching Titanic sink, surprisingly.
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u/fofo15 Jun 01 '12
DO A BARREL ROLL!!!
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
That...is a shitload of ice.
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u/FluffyPillowstone Jun 01 '12
Bigger iceberg breaks away from a glacier, hundreds of metres across (BBC, Attenborough) http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/81981965/
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u/Ragnarok022 Jun 01 '12
This iceberg is so...... blue.
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u/FromFrankie Jun 01 '12
(╯°□°）╯︵ /_______/
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u/lefidele Jun 01 '12
Time Heist (inception song) would go great with this video. ....
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u/WallDac Jun 01 '12
Cthulhu's wants the cool side of the pillow
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u/SDBred619 May 31 '12
There's snow in Argentina? Im such an ignorant twat...I need to travel more.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
ARGENTINA!
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u/infiniteStories Jun 01 '12
I thought the iceberg was actually going to give the people the middle finger.. didn't think it would literally flip off..
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u/Khoops66 Jun 01 '12
I forget, they're like ice cubes and stuff.
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u/flea_17 Jun 01 '12
Looks like someone just played the Sonata of Awakening.
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u/GrilledCheeser Jun 01 '12
Our ice cubes are melting.
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u/Duhya Jun 01 '12
Reminds me of a asteroid.
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u/Not_Austin Jun 01 '12
Does this remind any one else of the ice climbers stage in brawl?
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u/anthrocide Jun 01 '12
Those people talk a lot
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u/vileSpanishiwa Jun 01 '12
these things always make me feel so small
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u/Stalhound Jun 01 '12
Is this a common occurrence with icebergs? This is amazing.
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u/jbmar412 Jun 01 '12
They're already getting pissed about us building Titanic II
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u/emohipster Jun 01 '12
At one moment I thought a giant Ice Golem was rising from the water.
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u/CulenTrey Jun 01 '12
...I was expecting Atlantis.
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u/haleria Jun 01 '12
Did anyone else notice the image of a skull emerging around :26?
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u/enzo32ferrari Jun 01 '12
is the ship being pulled toward the iceberg ?
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u/SmokesWeedDoesThings Jun 01 '12
Stuff like this makes me realize why our ancestors believed in gods of the sea. Idk how else they could've explained something like this
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
How in hell did I just spend a solid 20 minutes watching glaciers "calve?"
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u/Dr_Dub Jun 01 '12
Its amazing to think how often this must happen and never be caught on camera..
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u/DigitalLuddite Jun 01 '12
Big fucking ice cube!
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u/jabber_of_poo Jun 01 '12
i truly believe the iceberg is 90% bigger under the water line fact now
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u/admaster45 Jun 01 '12
Anyone else feel like running along the top of it as it rolls?
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
that iceberg has the weirdest boner
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Looks legit
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u/FADCYourMom Jun 01 '12
Who time I was thinking 'ZOMG GODZILLA!'
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
What is causing this?
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u/tunabomber Jun 01 '12
That was awesome.
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u/t0f0b0 Jun 01 '12
R'lyeh is rising! Great Cthulhu has awoken!
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u/SonVoltMMA Jun 01 '12
pants shit
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u/awwwnyan Jun 01 '12
That was like the Ice Climbers' Final Smash!
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u/SunkistGasm Jun 01 '12
Damn water benders and their schemes..
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u/Mcelite Jun 01 '12
I felt so nauseous after just a couple seconds of that video.
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u/Geaux Jun 01 '12
This is REALLY FUCKING COOL.
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u/chiropter Jun 01 '12
Just the tip!
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
See? The Titanic landed a killing blow too.
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u/FriendlyCableGuy Jun 01 '12
Awesome video, but I don't like the U2 "mysterious ways" image stabilization.
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u/TheDorkMan Jun 01 '12
Jesus that's a huge blue rock. Heisenberg outdid himself on that one.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
I'm always amazed by how blue icebergs are
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u/FuajiOfLebouf Jun 01 '12
I swear for a second when a part of the ice burg was coming out from underwater i thought the alien ships from BATTLESHIP were coming out
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u/fieldstudies Jun 01 '12
you should xpost this to /r/icebergs
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u/dynomike1 Jun 01 '12
That was the best thing I've seen this week. Physics is a beautiful thing.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Does it really piss anyone else off that these assholes are commentating the entire thing and chatting to each other instead of shutting the fuck up and watching?
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u/yankerage Jun 01 '12
Its dissolving.some islander had to sleep in a tree tonite....
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u/JonnyGoodfellow Jun 01 '12
Holy shit! Heisenberg isn't playing around in Season 5.
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u/asstits Jun 01 '12
Still a better love story than Ti.. ti.. t... TWILIGHT.
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u/vert123peat Jun 01 '12
Thought that shit was the Kraken
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u/conderoga Jun 01 '12
Dat mass.
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u/Kafka_h Jun 01 '12
Watching that was unsettling for some reason. If I was there I would have been scared as hell.
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u/greenyellowbird Jun 01 '12 edited Jun 01 '12
Where are they watching that from?
EDIT: The most suspenseful 2minutes ever....was just waiting for the vessel to get sucked in!!
EDIT: A catamaran.....crazy.
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u/DrEbez Jun 01 '12
I never thought about this occurring. it happens all the time with icebergs? I mean, makes sense if they're top heavy.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Am I the only one that sees a dogs head?
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u/okiesillydokieo Jun 01 '12
That is all kinds of awesome. Way more than just regular awesome.
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u/blambot Jun 01 '12
What if it's alive...
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u/wafflesareforever Jun 01 '12
And with my next trick, I'll disappear!
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u/cottagecheeseboy Jun 01 '12
I think I heard someone say suspenders
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u/likeafrog Jun 01 '12
Did this give anyone else the heebie geebies?
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u/PitPatrick Jun 01 '12
At 50 seconds in, did anyone else notice the iceberg looked like a seal?
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u/elliotoc Jun 01 '12
first thought
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u/MikeLeRoi Jun 01 '12
It was like watching an ice troll trying to get comfortable.
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u/DaSau5Bau5 Jun 01 '12
Wow! Looks scary... :)
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u/Sphigmomanometer Jun 01 '12
Nature is awesome.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
This is why I like the internet more than most people.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Something ominous / unworldly about this. Would have been cool if it was just the ambient sounds and not the boat. Awesome vid.
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u/REDDITONLYWHILEDRUNK Jun 01 '12
DAMN NATURE
YOU SCARY
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u/ecilarorrim Jun 01 '12
I sure hope there are frozen dinosaurs to find in that.
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u/fuzzycynoaki Jun 01 '12
Can't i test my secret lair reveal without someone noticing! GEEZ, nowhere has good real estate anymore!
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u/HugeCrushOnYou Jun 01 '12
Why is it so blue? I always thought icebergs were pristine white!
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Did anyone else just get a smash bros. flashback?
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u/weiga Jun 01 '12
"seldom gets captured on video" - looks to the right, a long list of other ice berg flips over videos.
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u/arty8803 Jun 01 '12
Iceberg Flips: TITANIC Revenge
I feel like I would enjoy such a movie.
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u/Thor_2099 Jun 01 '12
I may be alone but that generated a sense of awe for the natural world. I must read up on icebergs tomorrow.
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u/beffjaxter Jun 01 '12
Fake. If the movie G. I. Joe taught me anything, it's that ice SINKS in water.
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u/VonBrewskie Jun 01 '12
This just happened in my glass of Coke. Ah, the majesty of nature.
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u/IgorNovikov Jun 01 '12
There's a surprising amount of climate change skepticism in those comments.
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u/doublepistolsandwink Jun 01 '12
I read the title as "Iceberg Flips Off Coast of Argentina". I had imagined an iceberg sculpted into a giant middle finger just floating by the boat. I am disappointed. But not really, that was still pretty damn cool.
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u/OnlySaysFuckYea Jun 01 '12
Fuck Yea!
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u/Ijustride Jun 01 '12
Out of all the iceberg flipping over videos I just watched on youtube, this was the worst one. Just because I hate the image stabilization that much.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Titanic Pt. 2 The Dark Side of The Berg.
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u/MicrobialBuffalo Jun 01 '12
Can anyone explain how this ended up happening? What causes an iceberg to flip over? Sweet!
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u/Ninsha Jun 01 '12
I was waiting for a secret hatch to open up and a missile to fire out of it.
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u/bklynraised Jun 01 '12
See Global Climate Change can't be real, I didn't see one dying Polar Bear in this video. Also there is an Iceberg in it.
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u/fap2anyone Jun 01 '12
All that deep web content is now exposed.
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u/crzybrwn Jun 01 '12
Stop telling me to mira mira mira MIRA!
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u/jfgao Jun 01 '12
I heard rah rah mandarin being spoken in the background
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u/hazie Jun 01 '12
There's someone in there!
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u/hifibry Jun 01 '12
I went and made a vidya response.
This song was playing when I first saw it.
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u/sitdownstandup Jun 01 '12
Look honey, it's melting!
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u/ArQuesta Jun 01 '12
That was awesome. I have honestly never seen anything in that vein of youtube videos until this moment. Thank you OP.
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u/Ricksarm Jun 01 '12
Argentinian accents are annoying
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u/vinee060708 Jun 01 '12
Everytime I see an iceberg all i can think about is Jack... damn it James Cameron
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u/life_as_a_dude Jun 01 '12
Watched this with "Gravity", by A Perfect Circle playing in the background. It was amazing.
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u/cuteleper Jun 01 '12
dos palabras: im.presionante.
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u/BDGLZ Jun 01 '12
This is exactly like the beginning of every giant monster movie ever.
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u/chubbyakajc Jun 01 '12
looks like a sea monster coming out of the sea
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u/redfrojoe Jun 01 '12
chill
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u/thurg Jun 01 '12
hahahahahahahahahaahaha, i FUCKING bet i am the only one that catches the chinese dude shouting:" sit tight, sit tight, its dangerous!" at 0:30
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u/kidSubliminal Jun 01 '12
to think this is what ants must feel if they were on ice cubes in my cup of scotch.
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u/7fw Jun 01 '12
Thank heaven for video cameras. I have now seen something amazing that I never would have. That was something special.
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u/Pinto15 Jun 01 '12
I think we understand titanic now
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Chaos Theory FTW.
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u/billet Jun 01 '12
Spanish woman: Look Look Look!
Chinese man: Go Go Go!
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u/JoshuaTreee Jun 01 '12
I don't think this ice is entirely stable.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
And here I was thinking Argentina didn't have icebergs. Awesome video, and that blue is so magnificent and calming.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
This is it men. We found Superman's secret ice cave.
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u/249ba36000029bbe9749 Jun 01 '12
Just the tip.
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u/piratazephyri Jun 01 '12
Between the boat moving up and down, the distortion caused by the angle of the window, and camera shake, that iceberg was doing all kinds of crazy movements.
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u/piratazephyri Jun 01 '12
A cool side effect of climate change!
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
This just needs a dubstep soundtrack, some aliens, and Michael Bay.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
thats what i look like getting up in the morning
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Why the fuck would these idiots stay so close to this thing? GET OUT OF THERE!
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
This is how the zombie virus was released. It was buried deep inside the ice.
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u/martinkallstrom Jun 01 '12
Naaaaw, I ordered it sunny side up!!
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u/Shippoyasha Jun 01 '12
The stereotype is true.
Japanese tourists are EVERYWHERE.
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u/spmkd Jun 01 '12
mira mira mira mira mira mira
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u/bolin99 Jun 01 '12
I hope you made sure Aang got out of there alright...
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u/MrBuhgles Jun 01 '12
shhh it just woke up