New Zealand's icy visitors - past and present
New Zealand's icy visitors - past and present
Scour marks of the seabed were probably made by an iceberg measuring between 2 and 5 km long.
November saw some unusual visitors to New Zealand waters, with several icebergs reaching the South Island’s east coast. NIWA oceanographer Dr Mike Williams estimated that the bergs probably came from the Ronne Ice Shelf on the other side of Antarctica.