The 185-square-kilometer hunk of ice is afloat in the Amundsen Sea, off the coast of West Antarctica.
Published Oct 3, 2017
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
Thermal infrared imagery spots the cracks and a new ice island through the dark of the Antarctic winter night.
Published Jul 28, 2013
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
Rifts form a triple junction along the edge of a giant loose tooth in East Antarctica.
Published Feb 12, 2012
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
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
This approximately true-color image shows ice fragments left over from previous breakups of the Wilkins Ice Shelf.
Published Apr 19, 2009
Calving that used to happen about every six years has become a near-annual event.
Published Nov 8, 2018Image of the Day Snow and Ice Remote Sensing Sea and Lake Ice
An area of sea ice larger than the state of Rhode Island can be seen breaking from the Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf in this series of photo-like images.
Published Jan 15, 2010
Researchers working on Operation Icebridge captured fresh photos and data from the ice on the bottom of the world.
Published Nov 10, 2012
