New expedition will look at the impact of a giant iceberg on marine, wildlife of Antarctica's island
• 4 years agoThe iceberg — named A-68a — is travelling at varying speeds depending on local conditions, but at its fastest was travelling about 20 kilometres a day.
Climate change causes Canada's last remaining 4,000-year-old Milne Ice Shelf to break apart into iceberg islands
• 5 years agoTemperatures from May to early August in the region have been five degrees Celsius warmer than the 1980 to 2010 average.
NASA finds an iceberg in Antarctica cut to a rectangle with an uncanny precision
Tech2 News Staff • 7 years agoNASA shared an image of a tabular iceberg separated off the Larsen C ice shelf at 90-degree angles.
World's largest iceberg B-15 could be melting away after 18-year-long voyage, says NASA
• 7 years agoThe largest iceberg ever recorded, that broke away from Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf 18 years ago, could be nearing the end of its voyage, according to NASA
Larsen C ice shelf, among the world's biggest icebergs, on verge of splitting from Antarctica
Fp Staff • 8 years agoIf the Larsen C ice shelf breaks free, it'll be the size of four Londons or more than seven New York City.
Antartic ice shelf crack grows by 17 km; to be largest iceberg ever recorded
Ians • 8 years agoA big crack in a Antarctica ice shelf has grown by 17 kms in a week and is only 13 kms from the ice front, indicating that a huge iceberg is probably very close
Watch: UAE plans to solve water crisis by towing an iceberg to its coast
Fp Staff • 8 years agoExtraordinary number of icebergs in 1914 to blame for sinking of Titanic
Fp Archives • 11 years agoThere were a greater number of icebergs than normal that year, and weather conditions had driven them further south and earlier in the year than usual, the researchers said.
'Indestructible' Titanic sank due to weak rivets: Study
Fp Archives • 13 years agoPoor quality of rivets holding the Titanic's hull together may have come loose after colliding with an iceberg, sinking the ship a century ago, a study says.
'Indestructible' Titanic sank due to weak rivets: Study
Fp Archives • 13 years agoPoor quality of rivets holding the Titanic's hull together may have come loose after colliding with an iceberg, sinking the ship a century ago, a study says.