Synopsis
Dr Helen Czerski explains why icebergs are white.
- Programme: Dangerous Earth
- Episode: Iceberg
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2016
- Geography | Glacial landscapes | Glacial landforms | Ice
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