Wednesday, August 25, 2010

France drains lake under glacier / Til stendur að dæla vatni undan jökli í Frakklandi

"French engineers are set to drain a lake that has formed under a glacier on Mont Blanc, and which threatens to flood a valley below."

The lake, which is said to contain 65,000 cubic metres (2.3m cubic ft) of water, was discovered last month during routine checks.
The engineers plan to dig a hole into the ice and pump the water away.
Vatni sem safnast hefur undir jökli á Mont Blanc verður dælt upp úr því ef áætlanir ganga eftir.
Map of France showing location of Mont Blanc
Image from the BBC web site (see link above).

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