The summer sky was unusually cloud-free when NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over the Antarctic Peninsula.
Published Jan 10, 2023
After more than a decade fastened to the coastline, a large expanse of sea ice broke away from the Antarctic Peninsula in January 2022.
Published Feb 1, 2022
The long voyage of one of the planet’s largest bergs—A-68A—has come to an end.
Published Apr 21, 2021Image of the Day Snow and Ice Remote Sensing Sea and Lake Ice Videos
The many pieces of Antarctic iceberg A-68 continue to drift near South Georgia Island.
Published Feb 12, 2021
Seawater has been cutting like a knife through an enormous Antarctic iceberg afloat in the southern Atlantic Ocean.
Published Jan 13, 2021
The swerving path of Antarctic iceberg A-68A is dictated by a large and powerful current.
Published Dec 23, 2020
Antarctic iceberg A-68A has drifted menacingly close to a remote island in the southern Atlantic Ocean.
Published Dec 14, 2020
Scientists watch as A-68A, currently the planet’s largest iceberg, approaches a remote island in the southern Atlantic Ocean.
Published Nov 13, 2020
The huge Antarctic iceberg has floated into warmer waters, but it is still mostly intact.
Published Apr 20, 2020
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
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
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
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
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
Even in the dark, there are satellite instruments that allow scientists to “see” the rift growing across Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf.
Published Jun 29, 2017
The impending birth of a big, new iceberg from Antarctica’s Larsen C Ice Shelf will not have an immediate effect on sea level, but it could be an indicator of future problems.
Published Apr 14, 2017
The northernmost arm of Antarctica is a hotspot of research because its retreating glaciers are a large contributor to sea level rise.
Published Feb 24, 2017
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
Scientists flew over a rift that’s growing across an ice shelf along the Antarctic Peninsula.
Published Dec 13, 2016
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
The remnant of Antarctica’s Larsen B Ice Shelf is flowing faster, becoming increasingly fragmented, and developing large cracks.
Published Jun 9, 2015Image of the Day Snow and Ice Remote Sensing Sea and Lake Ice
The MODIS instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this clear view of the Antarctic Peninsula, the Larsen Ice Shelf, and the sea ice covered waters around the region in October 2011.
Published Oct 15, 2011
Acquired in 2003, 2004,and 2005, these images show an intermittently ice-filled bay in the wake of the 2002 collapse of the Larsen B Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula.
Published Apr 9, 2010
Warm summer temperatures likely caused meltwater to fill crevasses and intensify pressure within the ice sheet.
Published Apr 11, 2002
Imagery shows pools of melt water on the surface of the Larsen Ice Shelf, and drifting icebergs that have split from the shelf.
Published Jan 17, 2001
