Icebergs on the Elbe Delight Locals and Alarm Ferry Companies 0 12

At a temperature of minus 11 degrees, real icebergs have formed at the bridge over the Elbe near Geesthacht heading towards Lower Saxony. Despite the frost, many locals took a walk here over the weekend, admiring the masses of ice and capturing and sharing footage online.

For shipping services, these beauties are a real headache. "We have never seen anything like this before," says Andreas Schulz, head of the special fleet of the Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSA). "The ice rises a good ten meters from the bottom of the Elbe."

Enorme ijsmassa's op de Elbe 🇩🇪
Na de koude periode, afgelopen zondag daalde de temperatuur tot -11°C en door een lage waterstand konden zich enorme ijsmassa's vormen op de Elbe. Als gevolg vd lage waterstand vormde zich grondijs dat omhoog kwam en het oppervlakwater verstopte.… pic.twitter.com/it9EL3duuD

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