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Retreat of Crane Glacier, Antarctic Peninsula

This pair of satellite images shows the dramatic retreat of the Crane Glacier between 2002 and 2003, following the collapse of the Larsen B Ice Shelf.


NASA images by Robert Simmon based on Landsat-7 data. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.

Published April 8, 2010
Data acquired April 6, 2002 - February 20, 2003

Source:
Landsat 7 > ETM+