Iceberg A-68 - Wikipedia
Iceberg A-68 was a giant tabular iceberg adrift in the South Atlantic, having calved from Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf in July 2017. [1][2][3] By 16 April 2021, no significant fragments remained.
A68: Iceberg that became a social media star melts away - BBC
Apr 17, 2021 · A68, as it was known, covered an area of nearly 6,000 sq km (2,300 sq miles) when it broke away from Antarctica in 2017. That's like a small country; it's equal to a quarter of the size of...
Huge iceberg breaking up off South Georgia Island is still a threat
Dec 28, 2020 · Update: As of today, the A68 iceberg, once the world’s largest, has lost significant chunks of ice and continues to break apart, satellite images show. On December 17, about 69 square miles...
1 Year on, That Huge Antarctic Iceberg Is Still Out There
Jul 10, 2018 · Iceberg A68 appears mostly intact today; satellites are watching as it floats in the Weddell Sea about 40 miles off the ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula. However, an animation shared by the Antarctic research program Project Midas shows that the 'berg has taken a beating.
BYU Iceberg Tracking: A68 - Brigham Young University
These icebergs later brokeup and melted. Using satellite scatterometer data, the BYU Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder has been generating daily enhanced resolution radar images of the Earth and using the data to track the location of Iceberg A68 and its fragments.
A68: Iceberg that became a social media star melts away - BBC
Apr 17, 2021 · But satellites show the mega-berg has now virtually gone, broken into countless small fragments that the US National Ice Center says are no longer worth tracking. A68 calved from the Larson C Ice...
New satellite pics reveal iceberg A-68 shattered and scattered
Feb 5, 2021 · As of today, the main A-68A iceberg appears to be moving south and is currently around 225 km from South Georgia. This latest calving event could indicate that the bergs will most...
Once the World’s Largest Iceberg, A68a Is Now a Shattered Mess - Gizmodo
Feb 5, 2021 · The A68 family of icebergs is now steadily drifting apart, with A68h located some 81 miles (130 kilometers) from South Georgia and moving in a northerly direction.
New satellite images reveal Iceberg A-68's days are numbered
Apr 28, 2020 · Two unobstructed views of icebergs A-68a and newly-formed A-68c, from NASA's Terra satellite on April 18, and the Aqua satellite on April 23. Although the icebergs are visible on the days in...
Striking 3D Satellite Images Show Shattered Iceberg A68a
Jan 7, 2021 · A68a, the world’s most famous iceberg, is still hanging out near South Georgia island, along with its recent offspring. Here’s what we know about these gigantic chunks of ice and how the...