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An iceberg is a floating mass of ice.
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Ice poses hazards to mariners in three ways: as floating sea ice, icebergs, and riming. Floating ice and icebergs continue to pose hazards, despite advances in meteorological and ice forecasting, radar, and communication. Since the sinking of Titanic in 1912, more than 500 ice–ship collisions have occurred in the North Atlantic. Worldwide, 5–10 collisions occur annually.
This iceberg drifted south to St. John’s, NL, Canada.
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Catto, N. (2013). Ice and Icebergs. In: Bobrowsky, P.T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Natural Hazards. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4399-4_182
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