NASA is on a mission to collect as much information as it can about the Larsen C ice shelf and its new A-68 iceberg. When A-68 broke off of Larsen C earlier this year, it was a historic event.

”Larsen C may eventually follow the example of its neighbor Larsen B, which disintegrated in 2002 following a similar rift-induced calving event.” The long-growing crack in the Larsen C ice ...

John SonntagIceBridgeNASA Goddard Space Flight CenterA 300footwide, 70milelong rift in Antarcticas Larsen C Ice Shelf, as seen in November 2016. A chunk of ice nearly twice the size of Rhode Island ...

This iceberg was photographed in October, by NASA scientist Jeremy Harbeck ... Narrator: This iceberg broke off of the Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica. Over time, wind, waves, and warmer water ...