Shape and size of Antarctic icebergs derived from ship observation data

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Romanov, Yuri A., Romanova, Nina A., Romanov, Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2011
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Arctic; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Pinnacle; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute; Iceberg*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102011000538; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102011000538

Abstract We have examined information on the shape and size of Antarctic icebergs as derived from the ship data archive of Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute. The data in the archive cover the period from 1957–2009. For each of five major iceberg shapes we have established their relative freque...