The mega-iceberg A53a (upper image) measured close to 50 kilometers by 22 kilometers, about seven times the area of Manhattan Island, in mid-January 2008 when astronauts took the photographs for this mosaic. The images were acquired from the International Space Station (ISS), located 780 kilometers to the north of the iceberg at an altitude of 341 kilometers; the perspective distorts the oblong shape of the iceberg, making it look squarer than it actually is.
Published Feb 25, 2008
In just a month, a large iceberg from Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier has disintegrated.
Published Oct 28, 2017
Acquired on November 25, 2011, this natural-color image shows two icebergs in the southern Pacific Ocean: B-15J and newly formed B-15Y.
Published Nov 30, 2011
B-15J, a long-lived Antarctic iceberg, broke into small pieces in early December 2011, after drifting into warmer waters.
Published Dec 7, 2011
Scientists rely on satellites to piece together the life stories of icebergs from Antarctica, some of which have been adrift for decades.
Published Oct 27, 2017
After 15 years, a fragment of a huge iceberg still floats off the coast of Antarctica.
Published Apr 12, 2015
This image could be a scene out of a spooky movie, but the reality is just as morbid.
Published Oct 31, 2018
After an 18-year voyage, a fragment of the largest iceberg ever recorded has drifted into dangerously warm territory.
Published Jun 6, 2018
In early 2015, a new berg broke free from the Getz Ice Shelf.
Published Apr 21, 2015
These photographs, taken from the International Space Station in January, 2004, show two pieces of a massive iceberg that broke off from the Ronne Ice Shelf in October, 1998. The pieces of iceberg A-38 have floated relatively close to South Georgia Island. After 5 years and 3 months adrift, they are approximately 1,500 nautical miles from their origin. In the oblique image, taken a few minutes later, the cloud pattern reveals the impact of the mountainous islands on the local wind field. At this time, the icebergs are sheltered in the lee side of the island.
Published Jan 26, 2004
Landsat 8 captures a view of the ice separating from the ice shelf.
Published Nov 15, 2013
Acquired March 8, 2010, this true-color image shows two icebergs, Iceberg B-09B and an iceberg recently broken off the Mertz Glacier, floating in the Southern Ocean, just off the George V Coast.
Published Mar 8, 2010
The huge Antarctic iceberg has floated into warmer waters, but it is still mostly intact.
Published Apr 20, 2020
Captured between early November and early December 2009, these true-color images show the changes in iceberg B17-B as it drifts northward from Antarctica toward Australia.
Published Dec 19, 2009
In August 2016, an iceberg heaved away from the Porcupine Glacier in northern British Columbia. It could be the biggest calving event in North America since satellite observations began.
Published Oct 12, 2016
A constellation of icebergs floated in Baffin Bay off the west coast of Greenland on July 17, 2005.
Published Jul 15, 2012
Thermal imagery shows the relative warmth between the new iceberg and the Larsen C ice shelf.
Published Jul 21, 2017
Acquired March 11, 2010, this true-color image shows Iceberg B-09B and an iceberg recently broken off the Mertz Glacier, as well as newly forming sea ice. Open ocean predominates on the leeward side of icebergs.
Published Mar 11, 2010
