+ Visit NASA.gov + Advanced Search   + About the Server   + Animation List   + How to Use the Server Previous Animation Next Animation Seasonal Ice Flow Backed Up C-19 iceberg that calved off the Ross Ice shelf and its companion B-15 iceberg, which is anchored near the coast. The two large bergs may have disrupted normal ocean circulation that clears the Ross Sea of seasonal ice during the first months of austral summer. The ice remained in the sea long past previous thaw dates, and created trouble for ships trying to bring in supplies to McMurdo research station on Ross Island. But after months of stillness, in mid-January C-19 changed position dramatically over just a few days, pivoting northward from its eastern end. The effect was like opening a floodgate, and the sea ice trapped between C-19 and B-15 poured out into the Southern Ocean.    Visualization showing C-19 moving towards the sea. Duration: 5.0 seconds Available formats:   320x240 (30 fps) MPEG-1   818 KB   320x240     JPEG         11 KB   720x480 (29.97 fps) MPEG-2   2 MB   640x480 (29.97 fps) MPEG-1   1 MB   720x480 (29.97 fps) DV           16 MB How to play our movies    September 22, 2002 Available formats:   1280 x 1024     TIFF 3 MB   160 x 80           PNG 19 KB   320 x 256         JPEG 13 KB   80 x 40             PNG   5 KB    October 7, 2002 Available formats:   1280 x 1024     TIFF 3 MB   320 x 256         JPEG 13 KB    October 8, 2002 Available formats:   1280 x 1024     TIFF 3 MB   320 x 256         JPEG 13 KB    October 9, 2002 Available formats:   1280 x 1024     TIFF 3 MB   320 x 256         JPEG 13 KB    October 11, 2002 Available formats:   1280 x 1024     TIFF 3 MB   320 x 256         JPEG 16 KB    October 22, 2002 Available formats:   1280 x 1024     TIFF 3 MB   320 x 256         JPEG 16 KB    October 23, 2002 Available formats:   1280 x 1024     TIFF 3 MB   320 x 256         JPEG 15 KB    November 7, 2002 Available formats:   1280 x 1024     TIFF 3 MB   320 x 256         JPEG 13 KB    November 9, 2002 Available formats:   1280 x 1024     TIFF 3 MB   320 x 256         JPEG 12 KB    November 29, 2002 Available formats:   1280 x 1024     TIFF 3 MB   320 x 256         JPEG 13 KB    December 1, 2002 Available formats:   1280 x 1024     TIFF 3 MB   320 x 256         JPEG 13 KB    December 31, 2002 Available formats:   1280 x 1024     TIFF 3 MB   320 x 256         JPEG 14 KB    January 2, 2003 Available formats:   1280 x 1024     TIFF 3 MB   320 x 256         JPEG 14 KB    January 14, 2003 Available formats:   1280 x 1024     TIFF 3 MB   320 x 256         JPEG 15 KB    January 16, 2003 Available formats:   1280 x 1024     TIFF 3 MB   320 x 256         JPEG 17 KB    January 17, 2003 Available formats:   1280 x 1024     TIFF 3 MB   320 x 256         JPEG 15 KB    January 26, 2003 Available formats:   1280 x 1024     TIFF 3 MB   320 x 256         JPEG 14 KB    January 27, 2003 Available formats:   1280 x 1024     TIFF 3 MB   320 x 256         JPEG 16 KB    January 28, 2003 Available formats:   1280 x 1024     TIFF 3 MB   320 x 256         JPEG 16 KB    January 29, 2003 Available formats:   1280 x 1024     TIFF 3 MB   320 x 256         JPEG 15 KB    February 2, 2003 Available formats:   1280 x 1024     TIFF 3 MB   320 x 256         JPEG 16 KB    February 3, 2003 Available formats:   1280 x 1024     TIFF 3 MB   320 x 256         JPEG 16 KB    None Available formats:   720 x 528         JPEG 146 KB   320 x 234         PNG 381 KB Animation Number: 2703 Animator: Stuart A. Snodgrass (Lead) Studio: SVS Completed: 2003-02-06 Scientist: Vincent Salomonson (NASA/GSFC) Writer: Rebecca E. Lindsey Instrument: Terra/MODIS Data Collected: 9/22/02; 10/07,08,09,11,22,23/02; 11/07,09,29/02; 12/01,31/02; 1/2,14,16,17,26,27,28,29/03; 2/2,3/03 Video: SVS2003-0008 * Goddard TV Tape: G2007-001HD -- NASA's HD Climate Change Resource Tape Keywords: SVS >> Antarctic Ice Sheet SVS >> C-19 DLESE >> Cryology SVS >> Iceberg SVS >> Land Ice SVS >> Ross Ice Shelf SVS >> Sea Ice GCMD >> Location >> Antarctica     Please give credit for this item to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, and the MODIS Rapid Response Team (http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov) *Please note: the SVS does not fulfill requests for copies of the tapes in our library. On some of our animation pages, there is a direct link to a video distribution service from which tapes, handled by the Public Affairs Office (PAO)/Goddard TV, including some of our animations may be ordered. General information on this service can be found here. Back to Top + Privacy Policy and Important Notices + Reproduction Guidelines NASA Official: SVS Contact: Curator: