Antarctica [2.0] Day #4: Powder Snow, Leopard Seal, Shipwreck, Stunning Icebergs, & The Polar Plunge Report from December 2, 2022 On ski day #4, we had a real treat. On the initial skin up Nansen Island, the snow was firm and I was already setting expectations for my clients relatively low. Then, we got to the top and backside of the mountain was reportedly skiing well. They weren’t lying. We dropped in and skied a […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 11, 2022 0 Comments
Antarctica 2022 [2.0] Day #3: Powder Snow & Steep Skiing Above Icebergs Bobbing in the Sea Report from December 1, 2022 On the 3rd ski day of our trip we arrived in Paradise Bay to strong wind and dumping snow. We were one of the later Zodiacs out this day so we followed the skin track up and on the way up, I noticed no one had been skiing the nice zone next to the big […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 11, 2022 0 Comments
Antarctica 2022 Report Day #3: Full-On Powder Skiing, Leopard Seal & Pup, Humpback Whale Attack, Penguins Galore, & Stunning Icebergs View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) Report from November 9, 2022 Nope, a full-on powder day in Antarctica is not a normal thing… But, that’s precisely what happened on November 9, 2022. My group was the last Zodiac off the ship. There was powder everywhere… As the groups in front of us toiled up the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | November 27, 2022 0 Comments
[VIDEO] “Titanic 2.0:” Passengers Watch in Horror after Cruise Ship Hits Iceberg in Alaska Passengers on board a Norwegian Cruise Line ship watched as the vessel hit an iceberg near Hubbard Glacier, Alaska, on June 25. The incident forced the cruise to end and the ship sailed back to Seattle. The video above comes from a Las Vegas family aboard the ship who saw and recorded their cruise ship hitting the iceberg, which was […] SnowBrains | July 1, 2022 0 Comments
NASA: Sizing Up a Tabular Iceberg This post first appeared on NASA Earth Observatory and was written by Kathryn Hansen In terms of size, only one iceberg can reign supreme at a time—a position recently held by Iceberg A-76 in the Weddell Sea. When the ‘berg calved from Antarctica’s Ronne Ice Shelf in May 2021, it became the largest iceberg floating anywhere in the world. Related: […] Brains SnowBrains | June 3, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: Tracking a Huge Antarctic Iceberg’s Epic 1,500-Mile Journey In July 2017, the Larsen C ice shelf along the eastern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula spawned A-68A—one of the planet’s largest icebergs on record. The berg disintegrated in April 2021, ending a more than 1,550-mile (2,500-km) journey that spanned almost four years. This video highlights some of the iceberg’s notable moments, from its initial break amid winter darkness, to […] SnowBrains | April 22, 2021 0 Comments
NASA: The Story Behind the New Iceberg Twice the Size of Chicago This post first appeared on NASA’s Earth Observatory Site Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf finally calved a large iceberg in February 2021, two years after rifts opened rapidly across the ice and raised concerns about the shelf’s stability. The break was first detected by GPS equipment on February 26, 2021, and then confirmed the next day with radar images from the […] Brains SnowBrains | March 4, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: Frightening Footage of an Iceberg Flipping While 2 Experienced Climbers Are On It View this post on Instagram Oops, should not have eaten breakfast 🍳 before climbing. @fredroux72 we both survived. Not to be repeated. Full story in our YouTube channel. A post shared by Mike Horn (@mikehornexplorer) on Sep 16, 2020 at 2:43am PDT Explorer Mike Horn and a partner got the shock of their lives when the iceberg they […] SnowBrains | September 18, 2020 2 Comments