Submitted via IRC for Bytram
It looks like something badly CGI'd into a disaster movie, but it's real: an 11 million ton iceberg, slowly moving toward a village, threatening to destroy everything in its path.
Just look at this thing.
A massive section of the iceberg falls off at around 30 seconds in, which gives you a sense of the scale here. If the iceberg becomes destabilised, and a larger chunk is broken off, it could create a tsunami, which could potentially destroy the town of Innaarsuit. This sped up GIF does a good job of illustrating the iceberg's movement.
(Score: 2) by ElizabethGreene on Monday July 16 2018, @06:08PM
I think it would be terribly dangerous to even try to put any mooring lines to it.
I assumed that a chap in a jetski and a coldwater exposure survival suit would be able to pull a cable around it then use that cable as a leader to pull the full mooring cable. In hindsight it occurs to me that the tow cable would probably be thicker than my leg, and I have no idea what the diameter of the 'berg is.
Objects in image are larger than they appear. :D