Ice Island Survives Run-In With Joe Island – NASA Science0

• Earth Observatory, Ice & Glaciers, Landsat 9, SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Sea Level Rise, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
• September 1, 2026

Summer is prime iceberg season in Greenland’s glacier-fed fjords, and 2026 was no exception. Especially notable was the berg that broke from the Petermann Glacier along Greenland’s northwest coast in August. Roughly the size of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, it was the largest calving event by any Arctic glacier since 2020. Iceberg