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English: After the calving from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in 2017, the A-68A Antarctic iceberg drifted undisturbed in the Antarctic ocean until the end of April 2020 when it reached the warmer waters of the South Atlantic Ocean, near the South Orkney Islands, where it began to break up, spawning a new companion named A-68C. This image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellites, shows the two icebergs on 17 May 2020: at the time of the acquisition, A-68A measured a little less than 5000 square kilometres (twice the surface of Luxembourg), A -68C about 150 square kilometres. RADAR data obtained by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellites, are not influenced by the presence of clouds, or by polar seasonal long nights. They are therefore particularly useful for monitoring drifting icebergs.
Date 20 May 2020 (upload date)
Source A-68A and A-68C Antarctic icebergs
Author European Union , Copernicus Sentinel-1 imagery

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