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This iceberg-filled passage, Lemaire Channel, lies in the Southern Ocean. Earth's fifth ocean just confirmed ByTom Metcalfe published 14 June 21

The humongous chunk of ice calved from the western side of the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica. World's largest iceberg breaks off of Antarctica ByBen Turner published 19 May 21 Scientists will continue to closely monitor the iceberg, which could pose a risk to penguin breeding grounds on nearby islands.

The expedition ship M/S Explorer inches up to the edge of Iceberg A-68a with a humpback whale breaching the surface in the Weddell Sea. Enormous Antarctic iceberg that became an internet star finally melts away ByStephanie Pappas published 20 April 21 Iceberg A68, an enormous hunk of ice that broke off Antarctica in 2017, has finally melted away to nothing in the Atlantic.

The scientists controlled the uncrewed submarine from the RV Nathaniel B Palmer. Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' close to tipping point, unmanned sub reveals ByBen Turner published 14 April 21 The glacier could be melting at the key points anchoring it to the land.

Sea anemones and filter feeders cling to the rocks hundreds of feet below the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica, where a gargantuan iceberg just broke free. Scientists uncover Antarctic sea creatures 'trapped under ice' for 50 years ByBrandon Specktor published 19 March 21 When a gargantuan iceberg calved off of Antarctica last month, it revealed a bustling community of sea life for the first time in decades.

The team at the Halley Research Station on the Brunt Ice Shelf captured an aerial photo of the North Rick crack in January 2021. Giant crack frees a massive iceberg in Antarctica ByYasemin Saplakoglu published 26 February 21 This dramatic breakup comes after a major crack formed on the shelf in November 2020 and continued to grow.

Photo of the Ellsworth Mountains, on transit to Subglacial Lake Ellsworth, December 2012 Lakes beneath the Antarctic ice could be teeming with microbial life ByNicoletta Lanese published 18 February 21 Heat from the Earth's interior may help sustain life in this bizarre environment.

Eleven fragments of the once-mighty iceberg A-68a swirl around South Georgia island, north of Antarctica World's largest iceberg disintegrates into 'alphabet soup,' NASA photo shows ByBrandon Specktor published 17 February 21 The world's largest iceberg has disintegrated into an 'alphabet soup' of mini ice island, new NASA imagery shows.

A satellite images shows the disintegration of iceberg A68a World's largest iceberg shatters into a dozen pieces ByBrandon Specktor published 2 February 21 The world's largest iceberg broke off of Antarctica in 2017; now, it's shattering into more than a dozen pieces.

Photo of antarctic mountains near a body of water Martian mineral, rare on Earth, found locked in Antarctic ice ByNicoletta Lanese published 27 January 21 The mineral likely formed from dust trapped in the ice.

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