Our colleague and NASA video producer, Jefferson Beck, offered his own take on the gaping crack in the Pine Island Glacier. He had the privilege of flying over that rift last fall, so he included some film footage from the flights. Jefferson has been to both Antarctica and Greenland with the IceBridge mission, and his crew has […]
For those of you who played geographical detective with the MISR image quiz, here are this month’s clues and answers: 1) Within this country lies a picturesque desert, located at the bottom right of the image. This desert was home to a group of enigmatic ancient people who were known for their skill and resourcefulness. […]
Much of the ice that blankets Antarctica is tied up in glaciers that slide slowly toward the sea. Fed by these glaciers, ice shelves form along the Antarctic coast, floating as thick, frozen plates on the sea surface. Every so often, these ice shelves calve large icebergs. In March 2000, a colossal iceberg calved off […]
