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  1. Publications Ice Shelf

    Publications Ice Shelf coord 69 38 S 75 20 E scale 2000000 display inline,title is an ice shelf about 35 nautical miles 60 km long on the south shore of Prydz Bay , between Mount Caroline Mikkelsen and Stornes Peninsula . Several glaciers, listed from southwest to northeast, nourish the ice shelf Polar Times Glacier , Il Polo Glacier , Polarforschung Glacier , Polar Record Glacier and Polararboken Glacier . The feature was first mapped from air photos by the Lars Christensen Expedition , 1936 37. The name Publication Glacier Tongues was applied by John H. Roscoe in 1952 following his study of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump 1946 47 air photos of the area, but the term ice shelf is more descriptive. So named by Roscoe because the several glaciers in the area commemorate polar publications. usgs gazetteer Category Ice shelves of Antarctica Category Landforms of Princess Elizabeth Land PrincessElizabethLand geo stub de Publications Schelfeis ...   more details



  1. Ice shelf

    File Corp2400 Flickr NOAA Photo Library.jpg thumb Close up of Ross Ice Shelf Image Ross Ice Shelf 1997.jpg thumb Panorama of Ross Ice Shelf An ice shelf is a thick floating platform of ice that forms where ... found in Antarctica , Greenland and Canada . The boundary between the floating ice shelf and the grounded ... 3 642 03414 5 ref That flow continually moves ice from the grounding line to the seaward front of the shelf ... a chunk of ice breaks off from the seaward front of the shelf. Typically, a shelf front will extend ... and melting from the lower surface are also important to the mass balance of an ice shelf. Ice may also accrete onto the underside of the shelf. The density contrast between glacial ice, which is denser ... surface. The world s largest ice shelves are the Ross Ice Shelf and the Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica. The term captured ice shelf has been used for the ice over a subglacial lake , such as Lake ... north of 82 N. Ice shelves that are still in existence are the Alfred Ernest Ice Shelf , Milne Ice Shelf , Ward Hunt Ice Shelf and Smith Ice Shelf . The M Clintock Ice Shelf broke up from 1963 to 1966 the Ayles Ice Shelf broke up in 2005 and the Markham Ice Shelf broke up in 2008. Antarctic ice ... km http www.stat.fi tup maanum 01 maantieteellisia tietoja aihepiireittain.xls . Ice shelf disruption Image Antarctic shelf ice hg.png thumb Processes around an Antarctic ice shelf Image Glacier ice shelf interactions.svg thumb 250px Glacier ice shelf interactions In the last several decades, glaciologists have observed consistent decreases in ice shelf extent through melt, calving, and complete disintegration ... ice shelf hanging by thread European scientists . July 10, 2008. Yahoo News . ref The Ellesmere ice shelf reduced by 90 percent in the twentieth century, leaving the separate Alfred Ernest, Ayles ... Ice Island Calvings and Ice Shelf Changes, Milne Ice Shelf and Ayles Ice Shelf, Ellesmere Island, N.W.T. . Arctic 39 1 March 1986 ref The Ayles Ice Shelf calved entirely on August 13, 2005. The Ward ...   more details



  1. Shelf ice

    File Shelf Ice.JPG thumb right 400 px Shelf ice along the southern Lake Michigan Shoreline at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Shelf ice can refer to the ice that forms when a portion of a lake surface ... Shelf ice forms from float ice. Float ice is like drift ice , but seldom becomes large enough to support ... water several miles wide. Structure of shelf ice Shelf ice is a floating mat of ice, but unlike a pond or a small lake that freezes over, the shelf is not a uniform sheet of ice. Created by the wind and waves, the shelf ice is a jumble of ice chunks, pushed onto each other. It is as if you took a pile ... in a ridge. But there is nothing stable in the pile. The individual pieces ice in the case of shelf ... from solar heating and weather variations. Therefore, an ice shelf can vary from a large flat surface ... front, the ice shelf will form a ridge along each sand bar. Citation needed date December 2009 gallery File Shelf Ice beach.jpg Southern Lake Michigan beach in winter at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore File Shelf extending from shore.jpg An unbroken stretch of shelf ice at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore File Shelf Ice ridge.JPG Ridges of shelf ice along Lake Michigan s southern shore at Indiana ... throughout shelf ice, the ice may give way unexpectedly. One can plummet several feet through an air ... the danger. See also Ice sheet dynamics Ice shelf References Winter Warning Signs along the beaches ... Shelf Ice Category Glaciology ... ice. Similar ice will form along the shoreline when the lake is calm. Over time, the ice will build ... often than the larger upper lakes. The wind pushes the float ice and creates waves which also move the ice. Over time, the ice will accumulate on the windward shores of the lake. Like sand, which is moved by the wind and the waves, the ice begins to accumulate along the east and southern shore of Lake Michigan . When pushed onto the beach, it remains and over time, the ice accumulates on top of the beach ...   more details



  1. Ross Ice Shelf

    File Map antarctica ross ice shelf red x.png thumb 250px Map of Antarctica with the Ross ice shelf marked with a red X. The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica an area of roughly 487 ... surface. Most of Ross Ice Shelf is located within the Ross Dependency claimed by New Zealand. The ice ... eastward to 160 W. Exploration File Ross ice shelf.jpg thumb left Crevasse , Ross Ice Shelf in 2001 ... to the South Pole later, his name was given to the ice shelf and the sea surrounding it. Two volcanoes ... seeking to reach the South Pole, the Ross Ice Shelf became a starting area. In a first exploration ... of sea ice at left image border Both Roald Amundsen and Scott crossed the shelf to reach the Pole ... and movement File Ross Ice Shelf 1997.jpg thumb 300px Ross Ice Shelf edge in 1997 Ice shelves ... years. ref name autogenerated4 http nsidc.org news press larsen B 2002.html Larsen B Ice Shelf Collapses in Antarctica, March 2002 ref The Ross Ice Shelf is one of many such shelves. It is about ... areas, the ice shelf can be almost 750 m 2,450 ft thick. The Ross Ice Shelf pushes out into the sea ... Ice Shelf during March 2000. Scientists have long been intrigued by the shelf and its composition. In fact, most of the scientific teams have made camps on or adjacent to the Ross Ice Shelf. This includes ... the valleys on the ice shelf. ref name autogenerated3 Swithinbank, Charles. To the Valley Glaciers That Feed the Ross Ice Shelf, The Geographical Journal , Vol. 130, No. 1 Mar., 1964 , pp. 32 48 ref From ... on the ground. ref Nature Times News Service Science report Glaciology Ross ice shelf flow The Times ... endeavor called the Ross Ice Shelf Project was launched with a plan of drilling into the shelf ... MacAyeal, D.H. Eilers and D.R. Gaylord, Glaciological studies on the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica, 1973 1978, in The Ross Ice Shelf Glaciology and Geophysics. Ant. Res. Ser., 42, 21 53. ref The drilling ... 2007 11 15 ref File Glacier ice shelf interactions.svg thumb 250px Glacier ice shelf interactions University ...   more details



  1. Ekström Ice Shelf

    Image Shelf ice edge hg.jpg thumb Edge of Ekstr m Ice Shelf The Ekstr m Ice Shelf is the ice shelf lying between Sorasen Ridge and Halvfarryggen Ridge , on the Princess Martha Coast of Queen Maud Land . It was first mapped by the Norwegian British Swedish Antarctic Expedition NBSAE 1949 1952 , and named for Bertil Ekstr m , a Swedish mechanical engineer with the NBSAE, who drowned when the M29 Weasel weasel track driven vehicle he was driving plunged over the edge of Quar Ice Shelf on February 24, 1951. ref name gnis The ice shelf occupies an area of convert 8,700 sqkm . It is convert 160 m thick at the edge, and rises convert 15 m 1 above the sea level. Germany s Neumayer Station III is to the northeast at Atka Bay . References Reflist refs ref name gnis cite gnis type antarid id 4389 name Ekstr m Ice Shelf accessdate 2012 02 27 ref usgs gazetteer id 4389 name Ekstr m Ice Shelf coord 71 S 8 W type glacier scale 2000000 source GNIS display title DEFAULTSORT Ekstrom Ice Shelf Category Ice shelves of Antarctica Category Landforms of Queen Maud Land Category Princess Martha Coast PrincessMarthaCoast geo stub bg de Ekstr m Schelfeis lv kstrema elfa led js no Ekstr misen sv Ekstr m shelfisen ...   more details



  1. Wyers Ice Shelf

    Wyers Ice Shelf is a small Antarctic ice shelf located on the east side of the base of Sakellari Peninsula . References references External links http www.mapplanet.com ?do loc&country A&adm1 02&loc 20013615 Map of the area coord 67 11 S 49 54 E scale 1000000 display title Category Ice shelves of Antarctica ...   more details



  1. Ellesmere Ice Shelf

    The former Ellesmere Ice Shelf was the largest ice shelf in the Arctic, encompassing about convert 3500 sqmi km2 of the north coast of Ellesmere Island , Nunavut , Canada . ref name Ljunggren cite web ... ice shelf accessdate 2008 07 29 author David Ljunggren date 29 July 2008 work publisher Reuters Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref The ice shelf was first documented by the British Arctic ... Martin O. Jeffries, Ice Island Calvings and Ice Shelf Changes, Milne Ice Shelf and Ayles Ice Shelf, Ellesmere Island, N.W.T. . Arctic 39 1 March 1986 ref The continuous mass of the Ellesmere Ice Shelf had been in place for at least 3,000 years. ref name Ljunggren cite web url http www.reuters.com article scienceNews idUSN2931485920080729?sp true title Giant chunks break off Canadian ice shelf ... century the Ellesmere Ice Shelf broke up into six separate shelves, the largest being the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf . During the 1980s reassuring official science reported that the remnants were stable Citation needed date December 2011 . main Ward Hunt Ice Shelf In April 2000, satellite images revealed that a large crack in the Ward Hunt shelf had begun to form, and in 2003 it was announced that the ice sheet had split completely in two in 2002, releasing a huge pool of fresh water from the largest ... earthobservatory.nasa.gov Study wardhunt title Breakup of the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf author NASA Earth Observatory ref In April 2008, it was discovered that the shelf was fractured into dozens of deep ... in Arctic ice shelf signal its demise author Bob Weber, The Canadian Press work The Star location Toronto date 2008 04 12 accessdate 2010 05 01 ref main Ayles Ice Shelf On August 13, 2005, The Ayles Ice Shelf , which was located at coord 83 1.5 N 77 33.5 W , approximately convert 800 km mi abbr on south of the North Pole , broke away from the coast forming the giant Ayles Ice Island convert 37 m ... The Milne Ice Shelf is the second large segment of the former Ellesmere Ice Shelf. Notes Reflist ...   more details



  1. Alfred Ernest Ice Shelf

    File Alfred Ernest Ice Shelf 02.jpg thumb right Satellite image showing of Alfred Ernest Ice Shelf The Alfred Ernest Ice Shelf is an ice shelf on the north west part of Ellesmere Island , Canada . ref http www.science.mcmaster.ca geo faculty eyles c geo3g03 symposium2005 Glaciers 20of 20Ellesmere 20Island.ppt Glaciers of Ellesmere Island ref This ice mass is one of four remaining Ice shelf ice shelves on the island. This ice shelf lies between Alert Point and Cape Woods on the Wootton Peninsula. The Alfred Ernest Ice Shelf is regarded as a composite ice shelf that is composed of an inner unit of glacial origin and a trunk glacier originating from sea ice . ref http pubs.usgs.gov pp p1386j iceshelves iceshelves.txt Ellesmere Island Ice Shelves and Ice Islands ref Some time around 1955, a section of the ice shelf broke off. It is now called the ARLIS II ice island. ref http journals.cambridge.org action displayAbstract?fromPage online&aid 5419328 The source and calving of ice island ARLIS II ref Further reading File Alfred Ernest Ice Shelf map 01.jpg thumb left Map of part of Ellesmere Island showing location of Alfred Ernest Ice Shelf Glaciers of North America Canada, Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of the World, U.S.G.S. Professional Paper 1386 J 1, pg J111 J143 Carsten Braun, Douglas R. Hardy, and Raymond S. Bradley, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol 109, 2004 . Surface mass balance of the Ward Hunt Ice Rise and Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada, Roy M. Koerner Earth Observatory, by Nasa Were a Part of the Earths Enterprise ref cite web url http earthobservatory.nasa.gov study wardhunt title Breakup of the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf DAAC Study Feature Articles ... See also Fletcher s Ice Island References reflist coord 82 18 N 085 56 W type waterbody scale 200000 region CA NU display title name Alfred Ernest Ice Shelf Category Ice shelves Category Ice shelves ... pg. 413 421, Solid electrical conductivity ECM from four, Agassiz ice cores, Ellesmere Island NWT ...   more details



  1. Quar Ice Shelf

    coord 71 20 S 11 0 W display title type glacier scale 2000000 Quar Ice Shelf is the ice shelf between Cape Norvegia and Sorasen Ridge along the coast of Queen Maud Land . Discovery and Naming It was mapped by the Norwegian British Swedish Antarctic Expedition NBSAE 1949 1952 . The ice shelf was named for Leslie Quar , a British radio mechanic and electrician with NBSAE, who drowned when the weasel track driven vehicle in which he was riding drove over the edge of this ice shelf on February 24, 1951. The NBSAE established Maudheim Station about 1 mile south of Norsel Iceport . usgs gazetteer Category Ice shelves of Antarctica Category Landforms of Queen Maud Land Category Princess Astrid Coast PrincessAstridCoast geo stub lv Kvara elfa led js no Quarisen ...   more details



  1. Slava Ice Shelf

    Slava Ice Shelf coord 68 49 S 154 44 E scale 1000000 display inline,title , is an ice shelf along the coast of Antarctica between Mawson Peninsula and Cape Andreyev . The feature was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy USN Operation Highjump in 1947. The area was photographed in 1958 by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition SovAE which applied the name Zaliv Slava to the wide open bay that fronts this ice shelf. This name decision is in accord with the recommendation by ANCA that the name would be appropriately applied to the ice shelf. Named after the Soviet whaling flotilla Slava. ref name USGSgnisjones cite web url gnis3 type antarid 14012 title Slava Ice Shelf work Geographic Names Information System publisher United States Geological Survey accessdate 2009 11 13 ref See also Ice shelves of Antarctica References reflist usgs gazetteer Category Ice shelves of Antarctica Category Landforms of Oates Land OatesLand geo stub ...   more details



  1. Bach Ice Shelf

    File Antarctic Peninsula Ice Shelves.png thumb alt Image showing ice shelves on the Antarctic peninsula. The ice shelves of the Antarctic peninsula. Bach in the lower left. ref name Cook cite journal author1 A. J. Cook author2 D. G. Vaughan title Ice shelf changes on the Antarctic Peninsula journal The Cryosphere Discussions volume 3 year 2009 pages 579 630 url http www.the cryosphere discuss.net 3 579 2009 tcd 3 579 2009.pdf ref The Bach Ice Shelf coord 72 S 72 W scale 2000000 source GNIS display inline,title is an ice shelf which is irregular in shape and convert 45 mi in extent, occupying an embayment in the south part of Alexander Island entered between Berlioz Point and Rossini Point . The ice shelf supports the south face of the Beethoven Peninsula , along with some minor extensive peninsulas and small inlets Weber Inlet , Boccherini Inlet etc. Bach ice shelf also supports the north side of the Monteverdi Peninsula . A minor embayment in this position first appeared on the charts of the US Antarctic Service , which explored the south part of Alexander Island by air and from the ground in 1940. The ice shelf was delineated by Derek J.H. Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960, from air photos obtained by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in 1947&ndash 48. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place Names Committee after the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach . In a 2009 review, the Bach Ice Shelf was listed as one of 5 Antarctic peninsula Ice shelves that was not in retreat. However, with the retreat of the Wilkins Ice Shelf possibly signalling a sothward retreat of the limit of viability, Bach Ice Shelf may be the next to come under threat. ref name Cook ref References reflist usgs gazetteer id 813 Category Ice shelves of Antarctica Category Landforms of Alexander Island AlexanderIsland geo stub ...   more details



  1. Milne Ice Shelf

    The Milne Ice Shelf , a fragment of the former Ellesmere Ice Shelf , is located in Qikiqtaaluk Region , Nunavut , Canada . It is the second largest ice shelf in the Arctic Ocean . Situated on the north west coast of Ellesmere Island , it is located about 270  km 170  mi west of Alert, Nunavut . In 1986, the ice shelf had an area of about 290 square kilometers, with a central thickness of 100 meters. ref http www.jstor.org pss 1551089 Glaciers and the morphology and structure of Milne Ice Shelf, Ellesmere Island, N.W.T., Canada . Martin O. Jeffries. Arctic and Alpine Research 18 4. 1986. ref It was one of the settings of Dan Brown s book Deception Point . coord missing Nunavut References Reflist Category Geography of Qikiqtaaluk Region Category Ice shelves of the Arctic Ocean QikiqtaalukNU geo stub fr Barri re de Milne nl Milne ijsplateau ...   more details



  1. George VI Ice Shelf

    File Mountains on Alexander Island.jpg thumb George VI Ice Shelf The George VI Ice Shelf coord 71 45 S 68 00 W scale 4000000 source GNIS display inline,title is an extensive ice shelf that occupies George VI Sound between Alexander Island and Palmer Land in Antarctica . The ice shelf extends from Ronne Entrance , at the southwest end of the sound geography sound , to Niznik Island , about convert 30 nmi km south of the north entrance between Cape Brown and Cape Jeremy . It was named by the UK Antarctic Place Names Committee in association with George VI Sound. ref name gnis References Reflist refs ref name gnis cite gnis type antarid id 5607 name George VI Ice Shelf accessdate 2012 04 22 ref usgs gazetteer id 5607 Category Ice shelves of Antarctica Category Landforms of Alexander Island Category Landforms of Palmer Land AlexanderIsland geo stub PalmerLand geo stub fr Barri re de George VI sv George VI shelfis ...   more details



  1. Jones Ice Shelf

    Jones Ice Shelf Coord 67 31 S 067 01 W display inline,title , was the ice shelf occupying the Jones Channel , between the Arrowsmith Peninsula and Blaiklock Island , on the west coast of Graham Land , Antarctica. Named by the UK Antarctic Place names Committee UK APC in 1981 in association with the channel. ref name USGSgnisjones cite web url gnis3 type antarid 7640 title Jones Ice Shelf work Geographic Names Information System publisher United States Geological Survey accessdate 2009 11 06 ref The shelf was stable between 1947 and 1969. It started to retreat in the 1970s and by 2003 had completely disappeared. ref name fox2005 cite journal author Fox A.J., Vaughan D.G. title The retreat of Jones Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula journal Journal of Glaciology volume 51 pages 555 560 year 2005 doi 10.3189 172756505781829043 ref See also Ice shelves of Antarctica References reflist usgs gazetteer Category Ice shelves of Antarctica Category Landforms of Graham Land Category Loubet Coast GrahamLand geo stub ...   more details



  1. Stange Ice Shelf

    File Antarctic Peninsula Ice Shelves.png thumb alt Image showing ice shelves on the Antarctic peninsula. The ice shelves of the Antarctic peninsula. Stange in the lower left. ref name cook2009 cite journal author Cook A.J., Vaughan D.G. title Overview of areal changes of ice shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula over the past 50 years journal The Cryosphere Discuss volume 3 pages 579 630 year 2009 url http www.the cryosphere discuss.net 3 579 2009 tcd 3 579 2009.html ref Stange Ice Shelf coord 73 15 S 076 30 W scale 2000000 display inline,title , is an Antarctic ice shelf in Stange Sound , English Coast , bounded to the east by Spaatz Island , to the northwest by Smyley Island , and to the west by fast ice in Carroll Inlet . Named in association with Stange Sound. ref name USGSgnisstange cite web url gnis3 type antarid 14471 title Stange Ice Shelf work Geographic Names Information System publisher United States Geological Survey accessdate 2009 11 06 ref In contrast to the some other ice shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula , for example the Larsen Ice Shelf , the Stange Ice Shelf has been relatively stable. ref name cook2009 See also Ice shelves of Antarctica References reflist usgs gazetteer Category Ice shelves of Antarctica Category Landforms of Palmer Land PalmerLand geo stub ...   more details



  1. Zubchatyy Ice Shelf

    Zubchatyy Ice Shelf coord 67 13 S 49 5 E scale 1000000 display inline,title is a small ice shelf which borders the south side of Sakellari Peninsula in Enderby Land . Plotted by Russian cartographers from air photos taken by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition , 1961 62. The Russian name means toothed and refers to the serrated nature of the ice front when viewed in plan. usgs gazetteer Category Ice shelves of Antarctica Category Landforms of Enderby Land EnderbyLand geo stub ...   more details



  1. M'Clintock Ice Shelf

    coord 82 55 N 77 30 W type glacier scale 3000000 region CA display title The M Clintock Ice Shelf was a Ice shelf Canadian ice shelves Canadian ice shelf attached to northern Ellesmere Island . By 1961 62, its connection was tenuous. ref cite journal url http 209.85.141.104 search?q cache 6TadLpn6HOUJ www.cen.ulaval.ca warwickvincent PDFfiles 149.pdf 22M 27Clintock Ice Shelf 22&hl en&ct clnk&cd 5&gl us&client firefox a pages 3 title Ice shelf collapse, climate change, and habitat loss in the Canadian high Arctic accessdate 2008 09 05 last Vincent first W.F. coauthors Gibson, J.A.E & Jeffries, M.O. date 2001 volume 37 journal Polar Record publisher ulaval.ca ref Most of the shelf broke away during the period of 1963 through 1965 with the remainder 10  km sup 2 sup lodged at Borup Point breaking off in 1966. ref cite web url http www.geo.umass.edu climate TILPHTML Watershedgeography.html title Taconite Inlet Project accessdate 2008 09 05 last Climate System Research Center first coauthors date work publisher umass.edu ref Subsequently, multi year Fast ice landfast sea ice , containing ice shelf fragments, has covered the M Clintock Inlet mouth. ref cite book pages p. 16 url http 209.85.141.104 search?q cache xSrR2M5OyrYJ ice glaces.ec.gc.ca content contenu ice archive Jeffries ice shelf.pdf 22M 27Clintock Ice Shelf 22&hl en&ct clnk&cd 16&gl us&client firefox a title Glaciers of North America satellite image atlas of glaciers of the world accessdate 2008 09 05 last Jeffires first M.O. coauthors Edited by Williams, R.S. & Ferrigno, J.G. date 2002 work publisher U.S. Geological Survey, Information Services location Washington, D.C. isbn 060798290X ref References Reflist Category Ellesmere Island Category Geography of Qikiqtaaluk Region Category Ice shelves of the Arctic Ocean QikiqtaalukNU geo stub ...   more details



  1. Edward VIII Ice Shelf

    Edward VIII Ice Shelf is an ice shelf occupying the head of Edward VIII Bay in Antarctica . The northern part of this feature was called Innviksletta the inner bay plain by Norwegian cartographers, who mapped it from aerial photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936 37. The area was first visited in 1954 by an ANARE Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions sledge party. The entire ice shelf was then mapped and named in association with Edward VIII Bay. ref gnis type antarid 4345 ref See also List of glaciers Antarctica List of glaciers and ice shelves in Antarctica References reflist coord 66 50 S 56 33 E display title type landmark scale 2000000 Category Ice shelves of Antarctica ...   more details



  1. Hannan Ice Shelf

    Hannan Ice Shelf coord 67 36 S 47 35 E scale 1000000 display inline,title , is an 18 mile wide ice shelf on the coast of Enderby Land , Antarctica. The ice shelf is nourished by Molle Glacier Molle and Kichenside Glacier s and borders McKinnon Island on all but its north side. Photographed from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions ANARE aircraft in 1956. First visited in October 1957 by an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions ANARE party led by B.H. Stinear. Named by ANCA for F.T. Hannan, meteorologist at Mawson Station in 1957. ref name USGSgnishannan cite web url gnis3 type antarid 6325 title Hannan Ice Shelf work Geographic Names Information System publisher United States Geological Survey accessdate 2009 11 06 ref See also Ice shelves of Antarctica References reflist Category Ice shelves of Antarctica Category Landforms of Enderby Land EnderbyLand geo stub ...   more details



  1. Crosson Ice Shelf

    Crosson Ice Shelf coord 74 57 S 109 30 W scale 2000000 source GNIS display inline,title is an Antarctic ice shelf , about convert 35 mi wide, north and northeast of Mount Murphy along the Walgreen Coast of Marie Byrd Land . The ice shelf is nurtured by Smith Glacier Smith , Pope Glacier Pope , Vane Glacier Vane , and Haynes Glacier s. It was mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1959 66, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Commander W.E. Crosson , U.S. Navy, Commanding Officer of the Antarctic Construction Group during Operation Deep Freeze 1973. ref name USGSgnisstange cite web url gnis3 type antarid 3344 title Crosson Ice Shelf work Geographic Names Information System publisher United States Geological Survey accessdate 2011 12 06 ref See also Ice shelves of Antarctica References reflist usgs gazetteer id 3344 MarieByrdLand geo stub Category Ice shelves of Antarctica Category Landforms of Marie Byrd Land ...   more details



  1. Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf

    File Iceberg A 38.jpg thumb The Ice calving calving of A 38 off Ronne ice shelf. Image The A38 B Iceberg ... ice shelf. The Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf , also known as Ronne Filchner Ice Shelf , is List of Antarctic ice shelves an Antarctic ice shelf bordering the Weddell Sea . Description The seaward side of the Filchner Ronne ice shelf is divided into Eastern Filchner coord 79 00 S 40 00 W scale 4000000 ... ice shelf covers some 430,000  km , making it the second largest ice shelf in Antarctica, after the Ross Ice Shelf . It grows perpetually due to a flow of inland ice sheets. From time to time ... sheet separate from the ice shelf and continue as iceberg s. This is known as Ice calving calving . The Ronne ice shelf is the larger and western part of the Filchner Ronne ice shelf. It is bounded ... shelf in two aircraft flights in November and December 1947. He named it the Lassiter Shelf Ice and gave ... at Ellsworth Station , under now Captain Ronne, determined that the ice shelf was larger than previously ... Names US ACAN approved the name Ronne Ice Shelf for this large ice shelf, on the basis of first sighting and exploration of the ice shelf by Ronne and parties under his leadership. The shelf is therefore ... member. The Filchner ice shelf is the eastern part of the Filchner Ronne ice shelf. It is bounded ... Island. In October 1998, the iceberg A 38 iceberg A 38 broke off the Filchner Ronne ice shelf ... away from the Ronne Filchner Ice Shelf and shattered into many smaller pieces. The Moderate Resolution ... 42302 NASA Images ref The ice of the Filchner Ronne ice shelf can be as thick as 600  m the water below is about 1400  m deep at the deepest point. The international Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf Programme FRISP was initiated in 1973 to study the glaciological regime of the ice shelf. ref http neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov wais documentation chap6.html 6.2.1. Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf Programme . WAIS The West ... External links Commons Ice shelf cite web url http nsidc.org data iceshelves images ronne w loc.html ...   more details



  1. Markham Ice Shelf

    The Markham Ice Shelf was one of five ref cite news first David last Ljunggren title Massive Canada Arctic ice shelf breaks away url http www.newsdaily.com stories n02460733 environment arctic work newsdaily.com publisher Reuters date 2008 09 02 accessdate 2008 09 03 ref major ice shelves in Canada , all on the north coast of Ellesmere Island , Nunavut . The ice shelf broke off from the coast in early August 2008, becoming adrift in the Arctic Ocean . The 4,500 year old ice shelf was then convert 19 mi2 km2 in size, nearly the size of Manhattan , ref cite web url http ap.google.com article ALeqM5jO9eK94TY12mQJSxlF69I9q3L4YwD92VI3N80 title 19 square mile ice sheet breaks loose in Canada accessdate 2008 09 03 last Noronha first Charmaine date 2008 09 03 work publisher Associated Press ref and approximately ten stories tall. ref cite web url http www.bloomberg.com apps news?pid 20601082&sid aAouw4NZSHH4&refer canada title Canadian Arctic Ice Sheet Nearly Size of Manhattan Breaks Off accessdate 2008 09 07 last Satariano first Adam date 2008 09 03 work publisher Bloomberg L.P. ref On September ... Press ref cite news first last authorlink coauthors title 4,500 year old ice shelf breaks away ... blockquote The Markham Ice Shelf was a big surprise because it suddenly disappeared. We went under ... ice shelf. It was a shocking event that underscores the rapidity of changes taking place in the Arctic... The Markham Ice Shelf had half the biomass for the entire Canadian Arctic Ice Shelf ecosystem as a habitat for cold tolerant microbial life algae that sit on top of the ice shelf and photosynthesize ... authorlink coauthors title Ice shelf breaks away in Canadian Arctic url http www.latimes.com news ..., W. F., Mueller, D. R., & Bonilla, S. 2004 . Ecosystems on ice the microbial ecology of Markham Ice Shelf in the high Arctic. CRYOBIOLOGY . 48 2 , 103 112. OCLC 195074993 References Reflist External ... Ice shelves of the Arctic Ocean QikiqtaalukNU geo stub ...   more details



  1. Ward Hunt Ice Shelf

    The Ward Hunt Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf in the Arctic , located on the north coast of Ellesmere Island , Nunavut , Canada . During the 20th century the Ellesmere Ice Shelf broke up into six separate shelves, the largest being Ward Hunt. Ward Hunt Ice Shelf is about convert 155 sqmi km2 in size, and has been in place for approximately 3,000 years as part of a continuous ice shelf that encompasses ... Ljunggren In 2005 one of the other shelves, the convert 25 sqmi km2 adj on Ayles Ice Shelf , calved completely. ref name Ljunggren The Ellesmere ice shelf was documented by the British Arctic Expedition ... west to Cape Alert 82.27 N, 85.55 W , including the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf. ref Martin O. Jeffries Jeffries, Martin O . http pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca arctic Arctic39 1 15.pdf Ice Island Calvings and Ice Shelf Changes, Milne Ice Shelf and Ayles Ice Shelf, Ellesmere Island, N.W.T. . Arctic 39 1 March 1986 ref The Ward Hunt ice sheet began breaking up approximately 100 years ago, but was believed to have stabilized by the early 1980s. However, in April 2000, satellite images revealed that a large crack in the ice had begun to form, and in 2003, it was announced that the ice sheet had split completely in two ... title Breakup of the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf author NASA Earth Observatory ref In April 2008, it was discovered ... http www.thestar.com News Canada article 413838 title Cracks in Arctic ice shelf signal its demise author ...?sp true title Giant chunks break off Canadian ice shelf accessdate 2008 07 29 author David Ljunggren ... calved off from the northeast quarter of the ice shelf. The icebergs released by the breakup now pose ... shelf 2011 09 30 title Canadian Arctic Nearly Loses Entire Ice Shelf date 2011 09 30 author The Associated ... Ice Shelf is tied to steady and dramatic increases in the average temperature of the region over the past ... Features wardhunt title Breakup of the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf author Michon Scott date 20 January ... ref name bbc cite web url http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi science nature 3132074.stm title Arctic ice shelf ...   more details



  1. Moscow University Ice Shelf

    Moscow University Ice Shelf coord 67 0 S 121 0 E scale 2000000 display inline,title is a narrow ice shelf , about 120 miles 193 km long, which fringes Sabrina Coast between Totten Glacier and Paulding Bay . Dalton Iceberg Tongue extends north from the east part of the shelf. The feature was partly delineated from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump , 1946 47, and further photographed and mapped by ANARE Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1958. It was named by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition after Moscow University . See also List of glaciers List of Antarctic ice shelves usgs gazetteer Category Ice shelves of Antarctica Category Landforms of Wilkes Land WilkesLand geo stub ...   more details



  1. Prince Gustav Ice Shelf

    Prince Gustav Ice Shelf Coord 64 15 S 58 30 W display inline,title was an ice shelf of more than 15 nautical miles 28  km extent occupying the south part of Prince Gustav Channel , including Rohss Bay , James Ross Island . Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place Names Committee UK APC in 1990 in association with the channel. The ice shelf has since retreated and collapsed. ref cite web url http www.antarctica.ac.uk press press releases press release.php?id 376 title Press Release Antarctic ice shelf hangs by a thread date March 25, 2008 work National Environment Research Council publisher British Antarctic Survey accessdate 2009 03 20 ref usgs gazetteer References references Category Ice shelves of Antarctica Category Landforms of Graham Land Category Landforms of James Ross Island GrahamLand geo stub ...   more details




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