One can well see in this shot the thickness of the ice on the Arctic Ocean. It is the case that that below the level of water (the black part), there is again at least 4 times the thickness of the layer of immersed ice, that is to say, here, approximately 3.5m. According to the two men, this crack was probably produced just about an hour before they arrived.
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