B-15J, a long-lived Antarctic iceberg, broke into small pieces in early December 2011, after drifting into warmer waters.
Published Dec 7, 2011
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
In early 2015, a new berg broke free from the Getz Ice Shelf.
Published Apr 21, 2015
After an 18-year voyage, a fragment of the largest iceberg ever recorded has drifted into dangerously warm territory.
Published Jun 6, 2018
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
The huge Antarctic iceberg has floated into warmer waters, but it is still mostly intact.
Published Apr 20, 2020
In January 2015, a new iceberg broke off from an ice shelf in East Antarctica that had otherwise been quiet for decades.
Published Feb 7, 2015
Icebergs and sea ice floated along Antarctica’s Mawson Coast in March 2013.
Published Mar 24, 2013
In March 2006, a team of researchers from the United States and Argentina visited an iceberg near the Antarctic Peninsula in order to gain a better understanding of how ice melts and disintegrates when it encounters warmer areas.
Published Mar 9, 2006
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
