https://joelhanson.com/tags/web-scraping/ Recent content in Web-Scraping on Joel Hanson Hugo -- gohugo.io en joelhanson025@gmail.com (Joel Hanson) joelhanson025@gmail.com (Joel Hanson) &copy; Joel Hanson Sat, 26 Jul 2025 12:14:10 +0530 https://joelhanson.com/posts/18-tracking-antarctic-giants-building-a-real-time-iceberg-monitor-with-nasa-data/ Sat, 26 Jul 2025 12:14:10 +0530 joelhanson025@gmail.com (Joel Hanson) https://joelhanson.com/posts/18-tracking-antarctic-giants-building-a-real-time-iceberg-monitor-with-nasa-data/ <p><em>Ever wondered where those massive icebergs the size of cities are drifting? I built a system to track them in real-time using NASA satellite data.</em></p> <h2 class="relative group">The Problem: Lost Giants in the Southern Ocean <div id="the-problem-lost-giants-in-the-southern-ocean" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#the-problem-lost-giants-in-the-southern-ocean" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h2> <p>Antarctic icebergs are some of the most fascinating phenomena on Earth. These floating ice mountains—some larger than entire countries—break off from ice shelves and drift across the Southern Ocean for years. But tracking their movements has always been challenging.</p>