Recent Iceberg calving at the front of the Filchner-Ronne-Schelfeis

• Main Authors: Oerter, Hans, Becker, Tobias, Fahrbach, Eberhard
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Berkner Island; Filchner-Ronne-Schelfeis; Neumayer; Neumayer Station; Ronne Ice Shelf; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; ice core; Ice Shelf; Iceberg*; Schelfeis*
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/7424/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.17969

In October 1998 and in May 2000 two major calving events took place at the ice front of the Filchner-Ronne-Schelfeis. The whole front of the Ronne Ice Shelf between Berkner Island in the East and the Antarctic Peninsula in the West retreated by appr. 35 km. The ice shelf area decreased by about 16,0...