Icebergs

Icebergs had been grounded on the beach.

A north wind blows, obviously off the icebergs.

Glaciers, land ice and icebergs are made of fresh water.

The colorful hues of icebergs result from the interplay of light with dense ice, ice crystals, and algal growth.

Most people would say that icebergs are white—and most of them are. But did you know that icebergs can also appear in spectacular shades of blue and green?

When light encounters the dense, compressed ice, the ice absorbs longer wavelengths of colors, such as red and yellow, but colors of shorter wavelengths, like green and blue, are reflected. This is what gives some icebergs their remarkable colors.

The sea looked quite green, and large icebergs were floating about.

The icebergs took the most wonderful shapes, and sparkled like diamonds.

The princess had seated herself on one of the largest icebergs, and all the passing ships sheered off in alarm when they saw her sitting there with her long hair streaming loose in the wind.

In the evening the sky became overcast with dark clouds; it thundered, and lightened, and the huge icebergs, glittering in the bright lightning, were lifted high into the air by the black waves.