Un iceberg géant dérive en Antarctique
L’iceberg B-31, en forme de trapèze au milieu de l’image, dérive hors de la baie de Pine island en février. © NASA Earth Observatory. Iceberg in the shape of a trapezoid in the centre of the image, came away from the bay in February.
La Nasa observe depuis plusieurs mois la trajectoire de l’iceberg B-31, le plus gros sur la planète. Avec environ 660 km² de surface, ce bout de glace mesure six fois la taille de la ville de Paris.
NASA tracked the movement of the iceberg B-31 for several months, the biggest on the planet. About 660kms sq surface area, this bit of ice measures six times the size of Paris.
Il a une épaisseur d’environ 500 mètres et une surface de 660 km², l’iceberg B-31 est six fois plus grand que Paris et huit fois plus grand que le quartier de Manhattan à New-York. Depuis 2011, date à laquelle l’iceberg a commencé à se séparer du glacier Pine island, la Nasa observe avec vigilance la trajectoire du plus gros glacier du monde, un “phénomène naturel”, selon Kelly Brunt de l’agence spatiale américaine.
A thickness of 500 metres, Iceberg B-31 is eight times bigger than Manhatten in new York. Since 2011, when the iceberg started to separate from the Pine island glacier, NASA has been observing with interest the direction of the biggest glacier in the world, a “natural phenomenon, according to Kelly Brunt of the American space agency.
Une vidéo de la Nasa montre le déplacement de l’iceberg de novembre 2013 à avril 2014. B-31 commence à s’éloigner de la baie de Pine island et se dirige de plus en plus sûrement vers les eaux de l’océan austral, où les bateaux se font plus nombreux. Mais pour l’instant, l’iceberg n’est pas un danger pour la navigation, a indiqué la Nasa.
A NASA video shows the movement of the iceberg from November 2013 to April 2014. It commenced it’s breakaway from Pine island and it headed more and more surely towards the austral ocean, where ships number more numerous. But for the moment, the iceberg is not a danger for navigation, as indicated by NASA.
About bill
Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer.
The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013.
Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI.
Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug
2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website.
But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien.
The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50.
Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea.
Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
