iceberg
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That made it the largest iceberg to break from Petermann since the 2012 event, which produced an ice island covering 130 square kilometers.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Glaciologist Mauri Pelto of Nichols College has also been tracking the iceberg using imagery from NASA-USGS Landsat satellites.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Local resident Cheryl Treland told Wisconsin Public Radio in 2024 that the bog is "like an iceberg".
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Normally, O’Malley said, retailers buy iceberg lettuce in boxes of 12, each head weighing at least 400 grams, a little under a pound.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
But that disparity is just the tip of the iceberg.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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They are also much thinner than the enormous icebergs that break away from Antarctica.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Pelto noted that icebergs from Petermann are generally thinner and more fragile than those produced by Greenland glaciers such as Jakobshavn and Helheim.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
A glacial earthquake is created when tall, thin icebergs fall off the end of a glacier into the ocean.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
When these icebergs capsize, they clash violently with the “mother” glacier.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
As the icebergs drift, the seawater erodes them from below, until the berg abruptly topples over and continues its journey upside down.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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