Biggest iceberg breakup ever filmed is beautiful and scary

12/13/2012

Breakups are painful, but they even happen in nature, like with icebergs. Although, in the case of these massive ice floes, the reasons have more to do with weather conditions on the planet rather than someone continually forgetting to pick their socks up. Filmmakers for Chasing Ice, a movie that hopes to highlight the planet's climate change, came across the moment of a lifetime when they filmed a massive iceberg breakup that turned out to be the largest ever captured. For a clue on the scale, the filmmakers suggest imagining all the buildings in Manhattan breaking up and rolling around in the sea. So yeah, bigger than a couple of ice cubes. 

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