Giant Greenland iceberg slams into Joe Island and survives

Science Daily | Fri, 04 Sep 2026 06:56:51 EDT

Iceberg from Greenland,
Breaks free, meets Joe Island’s shore—
Nares Strait tracks its drift.

A giant iceberg measuring more than 76 square kilometers broke from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier in August 2026, marking the Arctic’s largest glacier calving event since 2020. The berg later slammed into Joe Island but survived without breaking apart, and satellites are now tracking it as…

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