Feb 28, 2021 20:00:00

Web application 'Iceberger' that allows you to visually understand the meaning of 'the tip of the iceberg'

'The

tip of the iceberg ' is an idiom that means 'the things that come to light are only a small part of the whole', and the part of the iceberg that floats in the waters of the South Pole and the Arctic is the whole. It comes from the fact that it is only a small part. ' Iceberger ' is a web app that visually tells you how your own iceberg will float, and you can feel the meaning of the word 'the tip of the iceberg'.

Iceberger
https://joshdata.me/iceberger.html

When you visit the official Iceberger page, you will see a brief illustration of the sky, sea and sun.

To use it, just drag and draw your favorite shape.

Then, the drawn shape becomes an iceberg and floats in the sea. By floating the iceberg you drew on the sea, you can realize how small the part protruding from the surface of the sea and the large part submerged in the sea.

The sun on the upper right is the reset button. Click to return to the initial state.

The iceberg you draw can be in any shape, but since Iceberger is just a simulator, it clearly states that 'it does not always appear like this in reality.'

The density of ice is 920 kg / m ³ and the density of seawater is 1025 kg / m ^{3, which} means that ice can have a slightly lighter density than seawater, so only 10% of the icebergs come out to sea. Hmm. The idiom of the tip of the iceberg also exists in English and is called 'the tip of the iceberg'.