The Iceberger

When I saw the call on social media last month about drawing icebergs, in their stable orientations, I was overjoyed! This is a wonderful example of why and how science communication works. It started with Megan Thompson-Munson tweeting her passionate petition for proper rendering of iceberg orientations.

It doesn’t matter how long I’ve been a scientist-artist, there is always something new to be learned, mistakes to be made, facts to be fathomed. I love being a science communicator because of my passion for connecting with the beauty and wonder of Nature and sharing it with others. I find ways to be inspired by the Universe everyday. There was no doubt in my mind, I had to fix my art to reflect this new bit of knowledge.

I took my Tip of the Iceberg illustration with an oh-so-wrongly oriented iceberg and used the program, the Iceberger, that Joshua Tauberer created after being inspired by Megan’s tweet to correct the floating position of my little bergy bit.

It took me a couple tries but I got the basic outline of my iceberg in the program and then watched it slowly rotate to this new orientation. It is super fun and a bit addictive to try out different shapes!