Antarctica, home to the coldest place on Earth, experienced a worrying heat wave earlier in February, possibly even setting a record high temperature for the normally frigid continent.

A NASA satellite has taken stock of what that heat meant to the local ice cap and glaciers.

Enlarge ImageThis satellite image shows Eagle Island in Antarctica on Feb.

Eagle Island isn't far from Argentina's Esperanza research base where a record high temperature was logged Feb.

The heat wave liquefied around 20% of Eagle Island's seasonal snow accumulation in a matter of days