Bouvet Island, a territory of Norway, is one of the most remote islands in the world.
Published Feb 26, 2014
Bouvet Island is known as the most remote island in the world; Antarctica, over 1600 kilometers (994 miles) to the south, is the nearest land mass. Located near the junction between the South American, African, and Antarctic tectonic plates, the island is mostly formed from a shield volcano—a broad, gently sloping cone formed by thin, fluid lavas—that is almost entirely covered by glaciers.
Published Oct 6, 2008
A massive ice island is lingering off the coast of Labrador, Canada, after an 11-month journey from the Petermann Glacier in Greenland.
Published Jul 2, 2011
Off the coast of Greenland lies an island resembling a bony claw. Long connected to Greenland’s coast by ice, the island escaped recognition for what it was for nearly a century.
Published Jun 3, 2007
The ghostly white shapes northeast and immediately southwest of Wrangel Island are sea ice. Over the course of the satellite record, Arctic sea ice has advanced and retreated past Wrangel Island many times. From 1979 to 2000, the sea ice edge at the end of summer generally fell somewhere in the vicinity of Wrangel Island, but this is not the first summer when the sea ice edge has retreated well north of the island.
Published Aug 29, 2008
Acquired August 22, 2011, this natural-color image shows the Petermann Ice Island-A split in two off the Newfoundland coast.
Published Aug 23, 2011
Acquired July 27, 2011, this natural-color image shows the ice island PII-A off the coasts of Labrador and Newfoundland.
Published Jul 28, 2011
Acquired August 14, 2011, this natural-color image shows the Petermann Ice Island-A off St. Anthony, Newfoundland, where it had apparently grounded a week earlier.
Published Aug 15, 2011
Acquired on the afternoon of August 22, 2011, this natural-color image shows the Petermann Ice Island-A split in two off the Newfoundland coast.
Published Aug 23, 2011
