Greenlanders got a front row view of a terrifying spectacle of nature.
Viral footage shows a massive iceberg collapsing (or capsizing) off the coast of the Arctic Island, sending clouds of mist up hundreds of feet.
Cascading waves also erupted from beneath it and battered the shore.
Daily Mail reported:
“The iceberg, which was as long as at least a dozen houses, capsized near to the UNESCO-listed Ilulissat Icefjord, on the west coast of Greenland.
Sped-up footage showed the huge ice mass tipping over and towering over the nearby settlement. Despite sending tsunami-like waves when it flipped, no injuries were reported.”
A massive iceberg has overturned off the coast of Ilulissat in northern Greenland, triggering an enormous displacement of water and sending gigantic waves surging close to the town 🇬🇱
And the internet is going wild… pic.twitter.com/v0sGURcOZM
— Mambo Italiano (@mamboitaliano__) July 27, 2026
“Ilulissat Icefjord is one of the few areas where the Greenlandic ice cap reaches the sea and is home to Sermeq Kujalleq, one of the fastest and most active glaciers in the world.
It sheds over 46 cubic kilometres of ice every year – some believed to be as old as 250,000 years – as icebergs and is the most of any glacier outside of Antarctica.”
ICEBERG COLLAPSE TRIGGERS HEAVY WAVE 🌊
An iceberg suddenly collapses in the waters near Ilulissat, Greenland, sending a powerful wave racing across the surface.
This is exactly why vessels always keep a safe distance, even from icebergs that don’t look massive. Nature doesn’t… pic.twitter.com/KFz6gH7vxy
— Skint Eastwood (@Skint_Eastwood1) July 28, 2026
WION reported:
“A massive iceberg did a stunning and scary flip off the coast of Ilulissat, Greenland. […] A video shows the icy body flipping through the sea, creating a rough and scary scene. It does this with such force that the rough underside of the iceberg was also visible as waves hit through.
A video shows houses on in the foreground as the massive icy body thrashes in the sea. No injuries were reported. Netizens reacted with shock and awe to the video of the flipping iceberg.
Some even thought it was an AI-generated video and couldn’t be real. However, the video has apparently been shot by a local resident and is real. Other users pointed out that such an event can trigger a local tsunami. “Does this create a huge wave that grows as it gets to the coast?” one asked.
‘I didn’t know they could do that! I always thought they were too bottom heavy to turn!’ one said. A major chunk of icebergs is typically under the surface of the sea. So for it to be flipping this way means it has either broken from the middle, or melted away. ‘Wow! Very lucky that speeding iceberg in the ocean didn’t take someone out’.”
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