Operation Iceberg diary: Mosquitoes and "mini forests" A team of
scientists and filmmakers has set out on a five-week mission to
document the life-cycle of icebergs from their birth to death,
hoping to reveal new scientific knowledge in the BBC/Discovery
co-production "Operation Iceberg". Perched on our promontory
camp we are drawn to constantly gaze down upon Greenland's Store
Glacier. Our backsides have already worn the crispy black lichen
from the boulders, the best seats in the house. "Beautiful",
"magnificent" and "awesome" are words constantly carried on the
breeze, which sweeps up the naked cliffs of the giant ice
monster and does precious little to dissuade the millions of
ravenous mosquitoes who have crashed our party. What is
Operation Iceberg? - Operation Iceberg is a two-part
BBC/Discovery co-production TV series - It is a genuine
scientific first; no expedition has ever been to an Arctic
iceberg in open water - 15,000 icebergs make the journey from
polar ice sheets to the oceans each year, pourin