The colors of the ice and the ice bergs in Antarctica is indescribable! The ice has been forming for thousands of years and as the mass condenses - the blue color surfaces in the compacted ice. I cannot do it justice with a photograph!
Here is some more information about icebergs:
1) Why does the iceberg look different when the sun shines?
The sun can penetrate the ice and be reflected off inner surfaces giving a whole variety of effects and colours from white through a range of vivid blues.
2) How big is the tip of the iceberg?
Everybody knows that most of an iceberg lies under the water, but most don't know that the amount beneath the surface varies from about 50% to 99%. The cause of the variation is largely in the amount of air that is trapped in the ice so affecting its buoyancy. An average iceberg will be about 80-90% beneath the surface. Very low-lying pieces of ice of whatever size in the water are known as "growlers". These often have a green tinge to them. They are known as growlers because they present a particular hazard to shipping with the small amount visible above the water and the dark colour making them especially difficult to see and therefore especially dangerous.
3) When is an iceberg not an iceberg?
There are lots of different names for different kinds of ice. Large pieces of ice that were once part of an iceberg that broke up are known as "bergy bits".
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