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posted by martyb on Monday August 19 2019, @06:30PM   Printer-friendly
from the Ok-is-not-okay dept.

On Sunday a funeral was held in Iceland to commemorate Okjokull, what was once a vast glacier, reports the Associated Press. It was estimated to span 15 square miles (38 square kilometers) in 1901. It now takes up less than half a square mile (under 1 square kilometer), according to NASA's Earth Observatory.

Icelandic geologist Oddur Sigurðsson presented to the audience, which included Iceland's Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir, former president of Ireland Mary Robinson and around 100 others, a death certificate for Okjokull. In a symbolic move, a plaque was planted with a message to future generations. It reads:

"Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it." 

The funeral is actually a few years late, as Okjokull lost its glacier status in 2014. Since jokull is Icelandic for volcano, the former glacier now just goes by Ok -- named after the volcano it rested atop.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 20 2019, @10:20PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 20 2019, @10:20PM (#882822)

    You must be Pepe the frog, not even aware you're being boiled yet.

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday August 22 2019, @12:27AM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 22 2019, @12:27AM (#883371) Journal

    You must be Pepe the frog, not even aware you're being boiled yet.

    Boiled by slightly warmer water that one can easily hop away from, should they ever desire to do so? The frog in boiling water analogy is so broken here.