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Drifting with Ice Island B31
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Drifting with Ice Island B31

Over the course of five months in Antarctic spring and summer, NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites captured a series of images of ice island B31.

Published Apr 18, 2014

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New Ice Island at Pine Island Glacier
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New Ice Island at Pine Island Glacier

Thermal infrared imagery spots the cracks and a new ice island through the dark of the Antarctic winter night.

Published Jul 28, 2013

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Birth of an Iceberg
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Birth of an Iceberg

In a routine survey of Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier, NASA scientists discovered a large crack in the ice which will soon lead to the birth of a new giant iceberg.

Published Nov 3, 2011

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Pine Island Glacier Quickly Drops Another Iceberg
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Pine Island Glacier Quickly Drops Another Iceberg

Calving that used to happen about every six years has become a near-annual event.

Published Nov 8, 2018

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Pine Island Iceberg Breaking Loose
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Pine Island Iceberg Breaking Loose

The rift in the glacier is now completely open, and a large iceberg is moving out into Pine Island Bay.

Published Nov 14, 2013

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PIG Calving Front Free of Sea Ice
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PIG Calving Front Free of Sea Ice

As spring clears out sea ice from Pine Island Bay, the birth of a massive new iceberg may be more likely.

Published Nov 24, 2012

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Major Iceberg Cracks off Pine Island Glacier
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Major Iceberg Cracks off Pine Island Glacier

Landsat 8 captures a view of the ice separating from the ice shelf.

Published Nov 15, 2013

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Two Decades of Change at Pine Island Glacier
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Two Decades of Change at Pine Island Glacier

As this Antarctic glacier sheds huge icebergs more frequently, scientists are closely monitoring the retreat.

Published May 13, 2019

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Glacial “Aftershock” Spawns Antarctic Iceberg
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Glacial “Aftershock” Spawns Antarctic Iceberg

Pine Island Glacier has shed another block of ice into Antarctic waters.

Published Feb 15, 2017

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Pine Island Glacier Births New ‘Berg
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Pine Island Glacier Births New ‘Berg

The 185-square-kilometer hunk of ice is afloat in the Amundsen Sea, off the coast of West Antarctica.

Published Oct 3, 2017

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Iceberg B31 Heads West
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Iceberg B31 Heads West

A view of ice island B31 at the start of Antarctic summer shows the berg is headed west in the Amundsen Sea.

Published Nov 28, 2014

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

Acquired July 20, 2011, this natural-color image shows a remnant of an ice island that broke off Greenland’s Petermann Glacier off the coast of Labrador.

Published Jul 22, 2011

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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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A Growing Rift in Antarctic Ice
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A Growing Rift in Antarctic Ice

Images from the German satellite TerraSar-X shows how a rift on Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier grew between October 2011 and September 2012.

Published Oct 19, 2012

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