NASA's View of Pine Island Glacier's Latest Iceberg
Last week, Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier calved a massive iceberg, known as Iceberg B-46, into the Amundsen Sea. Pine Island has lost several large icebergs in the last few years -- it's one of the most rapidly melting glaciers in the Antarctic and a significant contributor to sea level rise.
NASA's Operation IceBridge flew over Pine Island Glacier on Nov. 7, capturing images and collecting data over the newly formed iceberg and remaining glacier.
A sheer wall of the new iceberg B-46 looms over a mix of sea ice, bergy bit and snow at the base of Pine Island Glacier, as seen from a NASA Operation IceBridge flight on Nov. 7 (Credit: NASA/Kate Ramsayer)
The rift separating Pine Island Glacier and a new iceberg about triple the size of Manhattan. (Credit: NASA/Kate Ramsayer)
New sea ice forms near a crack in a small iceberg that broke off from pine island glacier. (NASA/Kate Ramsayer)
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Producer
- Kathryn Mersmann (USRA)
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Videographer
- Kate Ramsayer (Telophase)
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Writer
- Kate Ramsayer (Telophase)
Release date
This page was originally published on Thursday, November 8, 2018.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:46 PM EDT.