"On our route, the nautical chart showed an area with unexplored dangers to navigation, but it wasn't clear what it was or where the information came from."
"Looking out of the window, we saw an 'iceberg' that looked kind of dirty. On closer inspection, we realised that it was probably rock."
"The island measures 130 metres long, 50 metres wide, and protrudes about 16 metres out of the water. This makes it around the same length as the Great Pyramid of Giza."
"On the satellite images analysed, the island could hardly be distinguished from the numerous icebergs drifting around in the immediate vicinity due to its ice cover."
A team of 93 scientists aboard the Polarstern discovered a new island in the Weddell Sea while seeking shelter from bad weather. Initially marked as a danger zone on nautical charts, the island was identified after the team noticed a brown landmass resembling a dirty iceberg. The island measures 130 meters long, 50 meters wide, and rises 16 meters above water. Its presence was obscured in satellite images due to ice cover, and the team is considering names for the island before it can be officially mapped.
Read at Mail Online
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