--- title: Netflix's Our Planet Shows an Incredible Glacier Collapse description: In this exclusive clip, David Attenborough narrates as cameras catch a chunk of ice the size of a skyscraper breaking off the Store Glacier canonical: https://time.com/5559516/netflix-our-planet-glacier-david-attenborough/ author: Dan Stewart article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-03-28T15:47:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T23:09:18.469Z article:section: Science og:title: Watch a Skyscraper-Sized Chunk of Ice Break Off a Glacier og:description: The clip from 'Our Planet' shows 75 million tons of ice cascading into the ocean og:url: https://time.com/5559516/netflix-our-planet-glacier-david-attenborough/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfac170b1d7f2d6e1/6989477b096a94312f6a4d2e/our_planet_s01e01_42m21s60935f20190327-5751-1mdl0pt.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1920 og:image:height: 1080 og:image:alt: Our Planet glacier screengrab og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch a Skyscraper-Sized Chunk of Ice Break Off a Glacier twitter:description: The clip from 'Our Planet' shows 75 million tons of ice cascading into the ocean twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfac170b1d7f2d6e1/6989477b096a94312f6a4d2e/our_planet_s01e01_42m21s60935f20190327-5751-1mdl0pt.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch a Piece of Glacier the Size of a Skyscraper Crash Into the Ocean in This Clip From Netflix’s _Our Planet_ > Sponsored content. 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In this exclusive clip from the show, which premieres April 5, cameras catch the moment when a chunk of ice the size of a skyscraper breaks off the Store Glacier in Greenland and tumbles into the ocean. As seabirds circle in the foreground, 75 million tons of crystalline ice cascade into the water below. “Glaciers have always released ice into the ocean,” says narrator David Attenborough. “But now this is happening nearly twice as fast as it did ten years ago.” _Our Planet_, produced by the makers of _Planet Earth_ in conjunction with the conservation NGO the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF), offers viewers a panoramic perspective of the globe’s many different biomes, filmed in 50 countries over four years. Designed to inform as well as entertain, the series shows us the majesty and marvels of the planet — and tells us what we stand to lose if we don’t act to preserve it. Attenborough [spoke to TIME for this week’s print edition](http://bit.ly/2U1KlVN) about his seven-decade career and his renewed attempts to raise awareness about our planet’s vulnerability to the changing climate. “It is important, and it is true, and it is happening, and it is an impending disaster,” he says. 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