Photo of the Day
A tabular iceberg off Elephant Island
Sunday 27 September 2026
A flat-topped tabular iceberg near Elephant Island, Antarctica, photographed by a NOAA Corps officer in the 1994–95 southern summer. Bergs like this break off the front of ice shelves, which is why their tops are so level.
Fun facts
- Only about a tenth of an iceberg shows above the water. source ↗
- The largest iceberg ever reliably measured, B-15, broke off the Ross Ice Shelf in 2000 and was about the size of Jamaica. source ↗
- Elephant Island is where Shackleton's men waited four and a half months for rescue in 1916. source ↗
- Iceberg ice can be thousands of years old, and it pops and fizzes as it melts because of ancient air trapped inside. source ↗
- Image
- Lt Philip Hall, NOAA Corps · NOAA Photo Library
- Licence
- Public domain
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons