Tracking Icebergs - Introduction

Home

Hunting Icebergs

Tracking Icebergs

Tracking Icebergs Overview

Introduction

Every 50 to 100 years, tabular icebergs break off from Antarctic ice shelves. In this tutorial, you'll track icebergs that have calved off Ross Ice Shelf from the nearby McMurdo station, a research facility. You'll track the speed, acceleration, and trajectory of these icebergs and identify factors that cause them to move around.

Learn how YOU can track icebergs

You will perform the four activities below to estimate the motion and direction of an iceberg moving in a simple trajectory and to learn about factors that lead to more complex motion.

Activity 1
ESTIMATE
ICEBERG
TRAVEL TIME
(4 min)

Activity 2
ESTIMATE ICEBERG ACCELERATION
(4 min)

Activity 3
ESTIMATE
ICEBERG
TRAJECTORY
(4 min)

Activity 4
IDENTIFY FACTORS
INFLUENCING
MOTION
(5 min)

Estimated completion time: 15-20 minutes

Click on the forward arrow to begin

Home

Comments? Contact us This project is sponsored by NASA