Iceberg B15-K crashed into Ekstrom Ice Shelf
2010-02-23 by noiv | Filed under Cryosphere, Environment, Oceans.
March 2000: Iceberg B15 – former part of the Ross Sea Shelf – started its counter-clock-wise journey around Antarctica. Earlier this month subpart B15-K, 54 km long and 5 km wide, collided with Ekstrom Ice Shelf. The german Neumayer Station located nearby recorded the sound of the crash at 11th Februar at 16:42.
Above animation shows a week of truecolor photos from the MODIS satellite. The point of crash is just in the middle. Check out the Antarctica project page.
