Thermal imagery shows the relative warmth between the new iceberg and the Larsen C ice shelf.
Published Jul 21, 2017
An iceberg about the size of Delaware has split off from the Larsen C ice shelf.
Published Jul 12, 2017Image of the Day Snow and Ice Remote Sensing Sea and Lake Ice
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
Subtle features emerge as daylight illuminates the new iceberg from the Larsen C ice shelf.
Published Sep 30, 2017Image of the Day Water Snow and Ice Remote Sensing Sea and Lake Ice
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
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
Scientists are getting their first sunlit looks at the massive iceberg that broke away from Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf in July 2017.
Published Sep 14, 2017
After 15 years, a fragment of a huge iceberg still floats off the coast of Antarctica.
Published Apr 12, 2015
B-15J, a long-lived Antarctic iceberg, broke into small pieces in early December 2011, after drifting into warmer waters.
Published Dec 7, 2011
In early 2015, a new berg broke free from the Getz Ice Shelf.
Published Apr 21, 2015
The enormous slab of ice poised to break away from the Brunt ice shelf is still hanging on.
Published Jul 3, 2019Image of the Day Land Water Unique Imagery Snow and Ice Remote Sensing
Wave action and glacial dynamics split another chunk of ice off of the Antarctic Peninsula in March 2013.
Published May 25, 2013
