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Largest Glacier Calving Ever Filmed

In 2008, in Western Greenland, Adam LeWinter and Director Jeff Orlowski filmed a historic breakup at the Ilulissat Glacier. The size of the glacier was estimated to be the size of Manhattan. It took 75 minutes from start to finish.

The glacier retreated a full mile across a calving face three miles wide. The total height of the glacier is approximately 3, 000 feet, of which 300-400 feet are above water and the rest sits below the water’s surface.

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