Glacier watchers get more than they bargain for when falling wall of ice creates tsunami

Staying cool when you go to see an iceberg isn't normally a problem.

But when a deadly wall of ice cold water careered towards three holiday-makers, they nearly lost theirs.



Sat in a small boat on a tour of Greenland's coastline, the group were casually admiring an innocuous-looking iceberg avalanche from a seemingly safe distance.

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Wall of water: Jens Møller went with boating her uncle and an Australian tourist to the glacier just north of Ilulissat, Greenland to admire the breath-taking views of nature. And encountered this

In seconds that spectacle turned into a tsunami-like wave that nearly engulfed them.

Luckily they managed to take evasive action and get the boat away quick enough to save their skins before their tiny craft capsized.

Jens Møller, who posted a video of the escape on YouTube, explained: 'A tourist from Australia came to my uncle and asked if she could get a ride to the glacier just north of Ilulissat, Greenland, so he asked me if I wanted to be his translator.

'I am from another town where glaciers are fairytales, I was as much of a tourist as the Australian tourist, so I decided to join the crew.

Mother Nature gets angry: While the group were enjoying the scenery and taking video, a huge chuck of the glacier fell off into the ocean Avalanche! The ice fell off into the ocean causing a tsunami At the end of the video, Jens Møller says in disbelief: 'I've never been this close to dying. I have never been this close to dying before.' They're all-white: The group quickly step on the gas to get out of there, just in the nick of time

'The beautiful scenery was amazing, but the nature doesn't care about anyone. That day almost became our last day.'