Authorities, this frightening ice mass hit the shore or disintegrated serious damage and injuries may occur, he said.
Falling frozen pieces will create that severe waves can reach the shore and cause danger emphasized. The worst scenario was also drawn.
Worst scenario
According to The New York Post, such swelling may cause direct structural damage, In the worst scenario, it can completely remove the structures that are low or already damaged.
Innaarsuit, West GreenlandIt is also on a small island. The people of the region live mainly with fishing. Government officials stressed that boats entering the island or people who continue their daily work on land should not approach the iceberg.
‘Do not go to the markets’
Authorities made the following statement:
Emergency teams advise families not to go to the grocery store in a group, and at the same time, people who have difficulty walking to be more careful on their way to the market.
Usually big icebergs It moves within a few days. However, according to Dennis Lehtonen, a local employee, this The refrigerator has been inactive for about a week, which gives rise to the real concern.
The photographer Lehtonen shared a photo of the iceberg with a drone and used the following statement:
- “Actually this iceberg, It consists of two ice masses, which are initially one piece but then divided into two and move together or remain constant. For this reason, the local municipal refrigerator issued an official warning. I’m working fish The small shop in the village was temporarily closed with its factory. “
‘The villagers are excited’
Despite the huge dimension of the iceberg, everyone in the village is not disturbed by this situation.
According to Lehtonen’s photo taken with a small piece of ice that hit the beach, some peasants find this interesting.
Lehtonen, “Bay I asked his people what they were thinking about the fridge. Some say he’s worried, but there are many people who are excited like me, “he said.
This is not the first arrival of a giant iceberg to the Innaarsuit Port. In 2018, a similar size refrigerator entered the same harbor. This mass weighing about 11 tons was too large to see even from space. At that time, the residents in areas carrying the risk of being influenced were evacuated to higher places. The refrigerator in 2018 had moved away from the region after the strong winds that lasted for days.
Climate Change and Greenland
The number and size of giant icebergs that break from Greenland are increasing. The more and earlier breaking of these ice masses than normal threatens the stability of the ice layer.
Giant icebergs approach the shores and pose a physical threat and climate It reveals the point of the crisis visually and concretely.
Son In Greenland in 20 years air The temperatures increased above average. This accelerates surface melting and causes it to melt under the ice sheets.
According to NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) data, Greenland has been losing an average of 250 billion tons of ice annually since the late 1990s.
