| Antarctica Icebergs Album |
| The sea water freezes around Antarctica during the coldest months from February to September. Starting in February the sea starts freezing at the rate of 2.5 miles a day and then melts during the warm months of September to February. It creates an ice shelf around the continent that can extend for over a hundred miles off shore and doubles the size of Antarctica. This ice shelf of sea ice then melts during the warm months. The snow and glaciers push out over this sea ice and eventually they lose the sea ice support and fall into the sea to create an iceberg. Sea water freezes at 28 degrees Fahrenheit. In the summer the sea water warms up above freezing which melts the sea ice and icebergs. |
| This iceberg was higher and longer than our cruise ship. |
| Icebergs have 7/8 of the berg underwater. It melts from below and at some point the top becomes heaviest and the iceberg flips. |
| Sea ice breaking up near the northern most point of Antarctica Peninsula. |
| The largest iceberg in length we ecountered |
| Iceberg by the Argentina Antarctic Research station. |
| Icebergs some from sea ice--note that some have flipped after melting to the point the top is heavier than the part under sea. |
| A lone bird perched on an iceberg enjoying the view. |