http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Drygalski Posts tagged with 'Drygalski' at MetaFilter. Wed, 20 Apr 2005 04:40:27 -0800 Wed, 20 Apr 2005 04:40:27 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/41363/Things%2Dthat%2Dgo%2Dbump%2Din%2Dthe%2Dnight <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/earthandsun/ice_berg_ram.html">As predicted </a>and <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/38580">previously discussed</a>, the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4460335.stm">world's largest collision</a> took place in Antarctica when a 115km (71mile) long iceberg collided with the Drygalski ice tongue in McMurdo Sound. <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7283">The resulting</a> satellite <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/9999/99997283F1.JPG">photographs</a> show the results of the collision quite clearly, but somehow fail to convey the sheer scale of the event. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.41363 Wed, 20 Apr 2005 04:40:27 -0800 antarctica collision Drygalski giant Iceberg McMurdo Sound bap98189