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Ice Island calves off Petermann Glacier
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Ice Island calves off Petermann Glacier

Acquired August 5, 2010 , and July 28, 2010, these natural-color images show the Petermann Glacier before and after the calving of a massive iceberg.

Published Aug 10, 2010

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Jakobshavn Glacier Retreat
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Jakobshavn Glacier Retreat

Acquired in 2001 and 2010, these natural-color images show substantial retreat in the Jakobshavn Glacier.

Published Jul 15, 2010

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Thwaites Glacier Transformed
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Thwaites Glacier Transformed

The amount of ice flowing from the Antarctic glacier has doubled in the span of three decades, and scientists think it could undergo even more dramatic changes in the near future.

Published Feb 6, 2020

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Spalte Splits
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Spalte Splits

In summer 2020, a huge piece of ice split off from the Arctic’s largest remaining ice shelf.

Published Oct 1, 2020

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Jakobshavn Glacier
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Jakobshavn Glacier

Where once two streams of ice merged in Greenland’s Jakobshavn Glacier, today there is division and a complex surface riddled with crevasses and melt ponds.

Published Dec 3, 2011

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Viedma Glacier, Argentina
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Viedma Glacier, Argentina

The icefields of Patagonia, located at the southern end of South America, are the largest masses of ice in the temperate Southern Hemisphere (approximately 55,000 square kilometers).

Published May 8, 2006

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Matusevich Glacier
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Matusevich Glacier

Acquired September 6, 2010, this natural-color image shows chunks of ice breaking off Matusevich Glacier along the coast of Antarctica.

Published Nov 7, 2010

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Ice Island Calves off Petermann Glacier
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Ice Island Calves off Petermann Glacier

In August 2010, a NASA satellite tracked the chunk of ice as it slowly migrated down the fjord.

Published Aug 22, 2010

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Grey Glacier, Chile
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Grey Glacier, Chile

The Southern Patagonian Icefield of Chile and Argentina hosts several spectacular glaciers—including Grey Glacier located in the Torres del Paine National Park in Chile. This glacier, which in 1996 had a measured total area of 270 square kilometers and a length of 28 kilometers (104 square miles in area, 17 miles long), begins in the Patagonian Andes Mountains to the west and terminates in three distinct lobes into Grey Lake (upper image).

Published Jun 25, 2007

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Kong Oscar Glacier, Greenland
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Kong Oscar Glacier, Greenland

The heavily crevassed terminus of Kong Oscar Glacier in northwestern Greenland crumbles into a mélange of icebergs in the Davis Strait.

Published Aug 25, 2010

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More Ice Breaks off of Petermann Glacier
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More Ice Breaks off of Petermann Glacier

Acquired with 23 hours on July 16-17, 2012, these three images track the calving of a new iceberg off Greenland’s Petermann Glacier.

Published Jul 18, 2012

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