Operation IceBridge - Pine Island Glacier

  • Released Monday, December 9, 2019
  • ID: 13441

Pine Island Glacier is one of many outlet glaciers around the perimeter of Antarctica, but observations have shown that this glacier is worth extra attention. It is, along with neighboring Thwaites Glacier, one of the main pathways for ice entering the Amundsen Sea from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and one the fastest-retreating glaciers in Antarctica. Collectively, the region contains enough vulnerable ice to raise global sea level by 1.2 meters (4 feet).

Operation IceBridge routinely surveyed the glacier during its annual missions over the continent.




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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center


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