The largest iceberg was eaten by the waves
2006/11/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria
The iceberg B-15A is known for its eventful life. Born in March 2005, his mother, B-15, hit the end of Antarctica's Drigalski ice and fell. The largest iceberg at the time was the B-15, and when the witness was reduced his daughter B-15A took it.
Despite its large size (one hundred kilometers long and thirty kilometers wide), the B-15 did not last long. It was destroyed in October 2005. And now they have discovered how that happened. Apparently, the influence of a storm in the Pacific reached the area of Antarctica, causing a large shellfish and first cracking the B-15A and then crushing it.
Researchers at the University of Chicago find out what happened to that Iceberg. In fact, they were investigating the low-frequency seismic waves of the iceberg, but they realized that the sensors had received other waves. The data obtained were contrasted with those recorded by the sea buoys, which saw these waves as a result of a storm that took place thousands of kilometers from the Pacific. That storm caused seafood in the area of B-15A. And the date of seafood by the storm coincided with the destruction of B-15A.
