A rift along the Larsen C Ice Shelf grew longer during the Antarctic winter.
Published Sep 8, 2016Image of the Day Snow and Ice Remote Sensing Sea and Lake Ice
Cracks growing across the ice shelf are poised to release an iceberg about twice size of New York City.
Published Feb 19, 2019
Rifts form a triple junction along the edge of a giant loose tooth in East Antarctica.
Published Feb 12, 2012
When this closely watched slab of floating ice births a giant iceberg, it will not be the first time it has seen dramatic change.
Published Feb 7, 2017Image of the Day Heat Land Water Snow and Ice Sea and Lake Ice
A floating shelf of ice attached to the coast of Antarctica appears ready to shed an iceberg into the Southern Ocean.
Published Mar 10, 2016
Wave action and glacial dynamics split another chunk of ice off of the Antarctic Peninsula in March 2013.
Published May 25, 2013
Ice shelves are thick slabs of ice that are attached to coastlines and extend out over the ocean. In the natural course of events, ice shelves often calve large icebergs. On February 28, 2008, however, the Wilkins Ice Shelf rapidly disintegrated into small pieces.
Published Mar 27, 2008
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
This approximately true-color image shows ice fragments left over from previous breakups of the Wilkins Ice Shelf.
Published Apr 19, 2009
Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite imagery analyzed at the University of Colorado’s National Snow and Ice Data Center revealed that the northern section of the Larsen B ice shelf, a large floating ice mass on the eastern side of the Antarctic Peninsula, has shattered and separated from the continent. This particular image was taken on March 5, 2002.
Published Mar 20, 2002
The ice shelf in East Antarctica has spawned its first major iceberg in more than half a century.
Published Oct 4, 2019
This trio of images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite shows the rapid break up of the Serson Ice Shelf between July 28 and July 31.
Published Sep 11, 2008
