NASA satellite pictures of iceberg off Antarctica

Описание: (13 Jan 2005)

1. NASA satellite images showing B-15A iceberg cracking in two between October 7 and October 9, 2003.
2. Split screen comparison of United States and Antarctica, zoom in to Long Island, New York and McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Graphic compares the size of Long Island to the B-15A iceberg.
3. NASA satellite images showing B-15A iceberg shifting between November 9 and January 2, 2004.

STORYLINE:

NASA says a "clash of the titans" is expected to take place over the next few days, as two giant slabs of ice are on a collision course in Antarctica.

A 160 kilometre-long (100 mile) iceberg, known as B-15A, is heading towards a huge floating glacier, known as the Drygalski Ice Tongue, in the sea near the US McMurdo Research Station in Antarctica.

US space agency scientists are studying the iceberg''''s progress by monitoring satellite images of the region.

The B-15A iceberg is 3,000-square-kilometres (1,200-square-miles), roughly the same size as Long Island in New York state, which is 2,216-square-kilometres (1,377-square-miles).

Drygalski Ice Tongue is half the size of the iceberg.

Scientists believe the large iceberg could ram into Drygalski Ice Tongue no later than 15 January.

NASA released an image on Wednesday showing the iceberg cracking in two in 2003.

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