Video: Tourists capture iceberg 'imploding' in the Antarctic

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Tourists have captured the incredible moment they were almost covered by an iceberg imploding in the Antarctic.

Filmed from an inflatable tour boat, Dutch video editor Lex Coppoolse caught the footage in Wilhelmina Bay.

Coppoolse told the Daily Mail: "The thing just exploded very close to our boat - or I should say imploded! It spat big chunks of thousands year old ice to our heads."

Zodiac tours observing the iceberg in the area are common, but seeing the implode? Not so much...

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