World Iceberg twice the size of Washington, D.C., breaks off Pine Island glacier in Antarctica February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY Comments Off on Iceberg twice the size of Washington, D.C., breaks off Pine Island glacier in Antarctica Pine Island is one of the fastest-retreating glaciers in Antarctica, NASA says. The break-off is "both terrifying and beautiful," one scientist said.