Ice island survives run-in with Joe Island
Summer is prime iceberg season in Greenland's glacier-fed fjords, and 2026 was no exception. Especially notable was the berg that broke from 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 a...
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Summer is prime iceberg season in Greenland's glacier-fed fjords, and 2026 was no exception. Especially notable was the berg that broke from 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.
Originally published at Phys.org
