Iceberg
An iceberg is a huge piece of ice that has broken off a glacier or an ice shelf and floats out to sea.
The facts
- Shelf
- Weather & Fire
- Kind
- Built from a recipe
- Sound
- Yes
- Hands-on
- Yes
- Licenses
- CC0
How to play, in the Playground
Tap it to break off a chunk into the sea.
Its controls
| Control | Kind | Range | Start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Break off a chunk | Tap | ||
| Calve | Button |
About it
An iceberg is a huge piece of ice that has broken off a glacier or an ice shelf and floats out to sea. It is made of fresh water that fell as snow long ago. Ice is a little lighter than seawater, so an iceberg floats, but only about one tenth of it shows above the water.
When a chunk breaks off, it is called calving. Tap it and a chunk cracks off, showing fresh pale ice, and tips into the sea with a splash of spray and rings of ripples. The chunk bobs, and the iceberg, now lighter, bobs and rocks. Then the chunk melts away and the splash grows it back.
Details
- Splats
- Opens at 200,000 at Mid Detail, 59,889 at Low, and up to 490,000 at Max
Sources and credits
| Work | By | License |
|---|---|---|
| Ice Crack 1 (iceberg-crack.mp3) | j_p_higgins | CC0 1.0 |
