It's one thing to see pictures of Greenland's ice sheets growing cracks and slowly crumbling into the water. But the whole process takes on a visceral, uncanny quality when you watch these two movies. One is the result of a researcher recording a glacier breakup, then speeding up the tape to make the sound audible. The result is the purest form of black metal.
Listen to that sound. Sweet.
Now what about several kilometers of ice shearing off the Greenland ice sheet? For the few thousand folks living down-fjord of Jakobshavn, ice-induced tsunamis regularly crash ashore in Ilulissat Harbor, 50 kilometers away from the glacier's edge. It's phenomenon they've dubbed 'kaneling.' These waves are usually just 2 feet high or less when they arrive in the harbor, and they're mostly harmless...mostly. And yes, there at the end of the video is a couple of guys in a little boat fleeing for their lives.
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