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the diva of the ocean, hiding ninety percent of itself just to ruin your maiden voyage.
means A massive floating chunk of freshwater ice that has broken off a glacier or ice shelf, with most of its bulk hidden beneath the waterline.
from A loan from Dutch or a related Germanic tongue — Dutch 'ijsberg' literally means 'ice mountain,' from 'ijs' (ice) plus 'berg' (mountain), the same 'berg' you hear in iceberg's cousin 'glacier' country and in mountain names across the North Sea. English sailors hauled the word aboard in the 18th century, and it has been calving off icy peril into our vocabulary ever since.
hidden bulkRoughly 90 percent lurks beneath the waterline.
freshwaterMade of pressed snow, not frozen seawater.
loud deathThey fizz and crack as ancient trapped air escapes.
long memorySome hold ice over 100,000 years old.
world travelerAntarctic giants can drift for years before melting.