In November, scientists from New Zealand used a hot water drill to go deep into Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf. The shelf, which can be up to 10,000 feet thick, is the largest of several that hold ...

The Ross Ice Shelf stretches out over 500,809 km 2 (193,363 miles 2), and accounts for 32 percent of Antarctica's total ice shelf area. Antarctica's ice shelves are known to play a vital role in ...

At 71 miles (115 kilometers) long, B-15A is the largest free-floating object in the world. The image was acquired on December 10, 2000, prior to when B-15A broke off from the Ross Ice Shelf.

The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest chunk of ice on Antarctica, at roughly the size of France. Scientists have known that ice streams have a tendency to lurch at least once a day with the tides ...

In what could be a catastrophic event, the largest ice shelf in Antarctica shakes at least once or twice every day. Scientists found that the entire Ross Ice Shelf is moved out of place by ice ...

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Our focus is on what lies beneath the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica's massive wedge of floating ice that shelters the southern-most extension of the Southern Ocean. This ice-covered cavity contains ...