THE VIDEO SHELF · glacier calving
"CHASING ICE" captures largest glacier calving ever filmed - OFFICIAL VIDEO
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.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended whenever glaciers come up, as a stunning look at the scale of calving.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Exposure Labs
- Topic
- glacier calving
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 4
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2013–2017
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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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" [VIDEO]
jcr on Hacker News · 2014-05
In An illustrated guide to our collapsing Antarctic glaciersAt 1m50s a huge piece of ancient blue ice rises, reminiscent of a blue whale breaching from the ocean depths. Beautiful: [VIDEO]
junto on Hacker News · 2013-02
In Massive glacier collapseWas 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: [VIDEO] [LINK] [LINK]
hammock on Hacker News · 2016-10
In What it means when a huge Antarctic glacier is unstable
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