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
Thermal infrared imagery shows the ice island—which calved off of Pine Island Glacier—after winter darkness has set in.
Published May 15, 2014
Thermal infrared imagery spots the cracks and a new ice island through the dark of the Antarctic winter night.
Published Jul 28, 2013
In just a month, a large iceberg from Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier has disintegrated.
Published Oct 28, 2017
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
The 185-square-kilometer hunk of ice is afloat in the Amundsen Sea, off the coast of West Antarctica.
Published Oct 3, 2017
The floating part of Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier released a new, 185-square-kilometer iceberg.
Published Sep 26, 2017
Iceberg B-49 calved from the Antarctic glacier in February 2020.
Published Feb 12, 2020Image of the Day Snow and Ice Remote Sensing Sea and Lake Ice
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
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
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
Pine Island Glacier has shed another block of ice into Antarctic waters.
Published Feb 15, 2017
The rift in the glacier is now completely open, and a large iceberg is moving out into Pine Island Bay.
Published Nov 14, 2013
Acquired September 13, 2012, this natural-color image shows the fragmented ice island, PII-2012, in Nares Strait.
Published Sep 17, 2012
Scientists merged photographs and laser altimetry data to create a virtual journey through the crack in Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier.
Published Feb 29, 2012
In April 2005, the A53a iceberg calved off the Larsen Ice Shelf and began drifting north. Nearly three years later, it began to disintegrate.
Published Mar 20, 2008
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