“…The force that drives floating icebergs on a rotating Earth towards the equator, the Polfluchtkraft, has been recognized since the beginning of the last century (Kreichgauer, 1902; v. Eötvös, 1913; Epstein, 1921; Köppen, 1921; Lambert, 1921; Schweydar, 1921; Berner, 1925; Wavre, 1925; Wegener, 1929) . In the shadow of the long-lasting debate about its significance for continental drift or plate-tectonics, smaller scale applications like its bearing on the drift of icebergs seem to have been virtually forgotten.…”