We have Cikgu Roszita Mat Zin from Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tengku Ampuan Intan, Kuala Berang, Terengganu shared on her first encounter experience in Arctic!
Roszita Mat Zin
Malaysia
There’s a saying that goes’ there’s a first time for everything’ and for the past 5 days I have experienced so many first times that I didn’t even know where to begin. Let me begin with the first sighting of an iceberg.
Yup, ICEBERG.
For a Malaysian like me who lives in a country where the sun shines very brightly for almost 10 months and rains and rains for the next two months it wan an incredible moment when we first spotted an iceberg.
Almost everybody scrambled on to the deck to get a closer look at the iceberg. It was from a distance and it made us so excited to see more, and more we did. The first moment seeing the iceberg was amazing yet there are no words I can use to describe my exact feeling seeing the Ilulissat Icefjord.
Yup, THE ICEFJORD!
On the peak of the FJORD, Eric the glacier expert gave a talk about the icesheet and glaciers. Icebergs, icesheets, and glaciers are not just merely chunks of ice, but are incredibly important parts of the earth, affecting both water currents, and global sea levels. IMAGINE a classroom at the top of the ridge of the hill where you sit down and bask under the golden sun looking at the most beautiful view on the earth, the icefjord. What can beat that? Next time, I’ll be writing about my first experience seeing a whale. A WHALE!
-Roszita
- See more at: http://studentsonice.com/…/soi-arctic-2015-day-6-uummanna…/… (Photo courtesy from Students on Ice)
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