How many icebergs last long enough to reach the Atlantic shipping lanes (south of 48 N)?
The mean number of icebergs passing south of 48 N is 476 icebergs with a standard deviation of 490 icebergs. Therefore, yearly totals are highly variable and are subject to highly variable climatic factors.
Click here to view the (1900-2006) icebergs south of 48 N data file. File matrix indicates year, Jan-Dec counts of icebergs south of 48 N and then total count. Use browser "save as" function to save data set. Also see Data Archive for data set description.
