After an 18-year voyage, a fragment of the largest iceberg ever recorded has drifted into dangerously warm territory.
Published Jun 6, 2018
The huge Antarctic iceberg has floated into warmer waters, but it is still mostly intact.
Published Apr 20, 2020
In early 2015, a new berg broke free from the Getz Ice Shelf.
Published Apr 21, 2015
Scientists rely on satellites to piece together the life stories of icebergs from Antarctica, some of which have been adrift for decades.
Published Oct 27, 2017
The mega-iceberg A53a (upper image) measured close to 50 kilometers by 22 kilometers, about seven times the area of Manhattan Island, in mid-January 2008 when astronauts took the photographs for this mosaic. The images were acquired from the International Space Station (ISS), located 780 kilometers to the north of the iceberg at an altitude of 341 kilometers; the perspective distorts the oblong shape of the iceberg, making it look squarer than it actually is.
Published Feb 25, 2008
B-15J, a long-lived Antarctic iceberg, broke into small pieces in early December 2011, after drifting into warmer waters.
Published Dec 7, 2011
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
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
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
