Acquired on November 25, 2011, this natural-color image shows two icebergs in the southern Pacific Ocean: B-15J and newly formed B-15Y.
Published Nov 30, 2011
After 15 years, a fragment of a huge iceberg still floats off the coast of Antarctica.
Published Apr 12, 2015
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
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
Icebergs and sea ice floated along Antarctica’s Mawson Coast in March 2013.
Published Mar 24, 2013
Rifts form a triple junction along the edge of a giant loose tooth in East Antarctica.
Published Feb 12, 2012
A sharp-edged rectangular iceberg floats near the Larsen C ice shelf.
Published Oct 23, 2018
In early 2015, a new berg broke free from the Getz Ice Shelf.
Published Apr 21, 2015
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
Thermal imagery shows the relative warmth between the new iceberg and the Larsen C ice shelf.
Published Jul 21, 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
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
The huge Antarctic iceberg has floated into warmer waters, but it is still mostly intact.
Published Apr 20, 2020
In March 2000, an iceberg the size of a small U.S. state cracked off the leading edge of Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf.
Published Mar 1, 2007
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