Synopsis
Footage from inside a glacier moulin, reveals a new system of tunnels.
- Programme: Operation Iceberg
- Series: 1
- Episode: Birth of a 'berg
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2012
- Geography | Glacial landscapes | Glacial landforms | Ice
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