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
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
Iceberg A-68A has moved a relatively short distance in the year since it calved from the Larsen C Ice Shelf.
Published Jul 13, 2018Image of the Day Water Snow and Ice Remote Sensing Sea and Lake Ice
The iceberg that calved from the Larsen C ice shelf has broken into two named bergs, as well as a handful of pieces.
Published Jul 27, 2017
Rifts form a triple junction along the edge of a giant loose tooth in East Antarctica.
Published Feb 12, 2012
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
A sharp-edged rectangular iceberg floats near the Larsen C ice shelf.
Published Oct 23, 2018
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
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
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
Cracks growing across the ice shelf are poised to release an iceberg about twice size of New York City.
Published Feb 19, 2019
B-15J, a long-lived Antarctic iceberg, broke into small pieces in early December 2011, after drifting into warmer waters.
Published Dec 7, 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
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
Scientists flew over a rift that’s growing across an ice shelf along the Antarctic Peninsula.
Published Dec 13, 2016
Wave action and glacial dynamics split another chunk of ice off of the Antarctic Peninsula in March 2013.
Published May 25, 2013
