Long Island Size Iceberg Slows Shipping Lanes
The iceberg B-15A has slowed shipping lanes to McMurdo Station. In the summertime sea ice usually gets flushed out to sea, however this large iceberg has been blocking the sea ice from doing so. The size of this iceberg is 1,200 square miles, roughly the same size of Long Island, NY, which is 1, 377 square miles.
Comparing the size of Long Island, NY to B-15A iceberg
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November 9, 2004
![November 15, 2004 November 15, 2004](/static/svs/images/no_preview_web_black.png)
November 15, 2004
![November 19, 2004 November 19, 2004](/static/svs/images/no_preview_web_black.png)
November 19, 2004
![November 21, 2004 November 21, 2004](/static/svs/images/no_preview_web_black.png)
November 21, 2004
![November 26, 2004 November 26, 2004](/static/svs/images/no_preview_web_black.png)
November 26, 2004
![December 2, 2004 December 2, 2004](/static/svs/images/no_preview_web_black.png)
December 2, 2004
![December 4, 2004 December 4, 2004](/static/svs/images/no_preview_web_black.png)
December 4, 2004
![December 7, 2004 December 7, 2004](/static/svs/images/no_preview_web_black.png)
December 7, 2004
![December 10, 2004 December 10, 2004](/static/svs/images/no_preview_web_black.png)
December 10, 2004
![December 13, 2004 December 13, 2004](/static/svs/images/no_preview_web_black.png)
December 13, 2004
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animators
- Stuart A. Snodgrass (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Kevin Mahoney (CSC)
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Scientist
- Jacques Descloitres (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Thursday, December 30, 2004.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:56 PM EDT.
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[Terra: MODIS]
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