Sizing Up a Tabular Iceberg

The topography of Antarctic Iceberg A-76 provides insight into the strange properties of ice.

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Collision Calves Iceberg from Mertz Glacier Tongue, Antarctica

This series of true color satellite images show the massive B-09B iceberg on a collision course with the Mertz Glacier Tongue in East Antarctica. The collision broke the ice tongue away from the glacier, creating another vast iceberg.

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Birth of a Large Iceberg in Pine Island Bay, Antarctica

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Breakup at Brunt

A large iceberg finally split from the Antarctic ice shelf, but another piece stubbornly hangs on.

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Pieces of Iceberg A-68A

Seawater has been cutting like a knife through an enormous Antarctic iceberg afloat in the southern Atlantic Ocean.

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Iceberg Goes With the Flow

The swerving path of Antarctic iceberg A-68A is dictated by a large and powerful current.

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Another Berg from Pine Island Glacier

Cracks that spread across the floating ice for months have finally spawned new icebergs.

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B-15A Iceberg Breaks

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Iceberg off Mertz Glacier Tongue

Acquired January 10, 2010, this true-color image shows an iceberg measuring roughly 8.5 by 9.5 kilometers drifting off the edge off the Mertz Glacier Tongue in East Antarctica.

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Antarctic Icebergs Galore

The many pieces of Antarctic iceberg A-68 continue to drift near South Georgia Island.

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