An Uncommon Drifter in the Denmark Strait

I think of a leaf dropped in a river far upstream, carried along for a long time before anyone downstream notices it. Something like that happened in the ocean near Greenland. In summer 2026, scientists spotted a large iceberg that had travelled more than 1,000 kilometers south, likely starting its journey in a bay in northeastern Greenland.

That is a long way for a piece of ice to drift and still hold together. It tells us something about how ice moves through the currents of the Denmark Strait, between Greenland and Iceland, and how far these old pieces of the ice sheet can travel before they melt away.

NASA has the full story, with satellite images showing the iceberg's path. Worth a look if you enjoy seeing how our planet moves, even in places we rarely watch. Read more at NASA.