Ice Shelf - Sea Ice Interaction: A Case Study

• Main Authors: Hoppmann, Mario, Nicolaus, Marcel, Hunkeler, Priska, Paul, Stephan, Boebel, Olaf
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Ice Shelf; Sea ice; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/35369/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/35369/1/Ice-Ocean_IGS_2014_small.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.43361; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.43361.d001

Here we present results from our investigation on the influence of the Ekström Ice Shelf on the land-fast sea ice of Atka Bay, eastern Weddell Sea. • Ice platelets emerge from the cavity and interact with the fast-ice of Atka Bay as early as June. Episodic accumulations throughout the winter lead to...