In Newfoundland Canada icebergs are a source of wonder to tourists and joy to merchants: more and more ice giants from Greenland are drifting to this island in eastern Canada (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

The melting ice is caused by global warming and contributes to global sea level rise and dangerous flooding along coastlines.

Boat in Arctic ocean. Scientists on deck : Paul-Emile Victor, Dr Robert Gessain, Fred Matter-Steveniers, Michel Perez. Boat breaking ice, icebergs.

HEADLINE: New Zealand welcomes icy visitors

CAPTION: Cold weather and ocean currents have combined to carry a group of large Antarctic icebergs near the coast of southern New Zealand. Hundreds have chartered air tours to...

It is a plan as crazy as the situation is desperate towing an iceberg from Antarctica to Cape Town to supply fresh water to a city facing a long-term chronic drought

A la hora del crepusculo turistas presencian fascinados el hundimiento final de un iceberg que pone el broche de oro a su viaje desde Groenlandia hasta Terranova una isla canadiense situada en primera fila del espectaculo del deshielo de...

A la hora del crepusculo turistas presencian fascinados el hundimiento final de un iceberg que pone el broche de oro a su viaje desde Groenlandia hasta Terranova una isla canadiense situada en primera fila del espectaculo del deshielo de...