The visitors, who arrived at the Los Glaciares National Park in Argentina were awestruck by the rotating iceberg moving towards them. The video of the tourists capturing the rare moment has gone viral on the internet, however, many netizens have raised their concerns as well.
The video which seems to be taken on Dec. 8, 2024, features visitors being awestruck by the iceberg rotating, and many of them captured the moment on their mobile phones.
A netizen reposted the video on X and captioned, “They seem to have no idea how dangerous this really is.” Another commented, “Yeah I would not be standing around filming, yikes.” An X user explained, “It’s an iceberg that’s calved from a glacier. It’s flipping because now that it’s in the water, it’s finding its center of gravity. Awesome stuff, but I wouldn’t want to be that close to it. Who knows how far that thing extends under the water.”
Another said, “Read about the Perito Moreno glaciar. Every 4 years in summer, a bridge that forms during winter collapses. It is not climate change. It is summer.” One asked, “@realDonaldTrump said Global warming is a leftist woke lie. And he is the President of the USA, the most powerful man on earth, so he is always right. Right?” Another said, “Bunch of Do Do birds w/ their phones.”
One X user said, “Wow. I’ve only heard that the glacier is melting, but I can’t believe it’s melting in real time. I think it’s getting really serious. I thought it was melting little by little over a long period of time.” Another said, “This is not a glacier “melting”. It is a glacier calving icebergs into the sea. Glaciers are “rivers” of ice that discharge flows into the sea.”
Los Glaciares National Park is situated in the area known as Austral Andes in Argentina, in the southwest of Santa Cruz on the border with Chile. The park has two distinct regions. In the east, there are forests and grassy plains. In the west one can see the needlelike peaks, lakes, large glaciers, and snowfields. Mount Fitz Roy (11,073 feet [3,375 meters]) is the highest point in the park. Los Glaciares National Park was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1981.
(Pic courtesy: Screengrab)