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2. Why Icebergs are Blue

Adventure Lifers tackle the national park
Adventure Lifers tackle the national park
The short answer is it has to do with the the light spectrum, and the way light is filtered through the ice. The thicker the ice, the more blue-green color it displays. Regardless of what our on board geologist, Wolfgang, might suggest, the blue color IS NOT a result of reflecting light off the blue eyes of the rare Antarctic ice worms... Oh, geologist-humor!
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Antarctica Trip: Ten Things Antarctica Taught Me
  1. 1. I have a knack for missing the whale-sightings.
  2. 2. Why Icebergs are Blue
  3. 3. Deception Island is deceiving.
  4. 4. Russian
  5. 5. Penguins provide complimentary wake-up calls.
  6. 6. It's a small world.
  7. 7. Valdimir has spent over a year in the Drake Passage.
  8. 8. Sea Kayakers have horseshoes up their ...
  9. 9. I have an inner-birder.
  10. 10. Snow globes have a life-expectancy of roughly 12 hours..
  11. 11. I'll be back.

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