And when it encounters the ocean, it forms an ice tongue and this ice tongue is unstable and there's bits and pieces breaking off every now and then as this ice moves into the ocean.

The Erebus Glacier is an ice tongue that's around 11 to 12 kilometers (around 36,000 to 39,000 feet) long and flows down from Mount Erebus, Antarctica's second-highest volcano.

In the distance is the ‘ice tongue’ of the glacier flowing into the fjord. Credit: Martin Jakobsson, CC BY-SA. × close The 10km wide Petermann Fjord in northern Greenland. The author ...

Scientists have developed a new AI technique using radar images from Europe’s Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite mission, to reveal how the Thwaites Glacier Ice Tongue in West Antarctica is being damaged ...

Due to extreme melt rates, the ice of the floating glacier tongue has become 32 % thinner since 1998, especially from the grounding line where the ice comes into contact with the ocean.

A breathtaking video capturing a remarkable journey through a massive ice cave in Antarctica, and revealing the hidden beauty beneath the frigid surface, has mesmerized viewers on TikTok. The ...