Effects of giant icebergs on two emperor penguin colonies in the Ross Sea, Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Kooyman, Gerald L., Ainley, David G., Ballard, Grant, Ponganis, Paul J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2007
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; Ross Sea; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Ross Island; Ross Ice Shelf; Crozier; Cape Crozier; Beaufort Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Iceberg*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102007000065; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102007000065

The arrival in January 2001 in the south-west Ross Sea of two giant icebergs, C16 and B15A, subsequently had dramatic affects on two emperor penguin colonies. B15A collided with the north-west tongue of the Ross Ice Shelf at Cape Crozier, Ross Island, in the following months and destroyed the pengui...