Break-up of the largest Arctic ice shelf and associated loss of an epishelf lake

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Mueller, D.R., Jeffries, M.O., Vincent, W.F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Arctic; Nunavut; West Antarctica; Canada; Ward Hunt Ice Shelf; Disraeli Fiord; Antarc*; Antarctica; Climate change; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://curve.carleton.ca/1d5bb9bd-e80a-48fe-9f99-f638326c2302; https://doi.org/10.1029/2003GL017931; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2003GL017931/abstract

[1] Field observations and RADARSAT imagery of the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf (lat. 83°N, long. 74°W), Nunavut, Canada, show that it broke in two over the period 2000 to 2002, with additional fissuring and further ice island calving. The fracturing caused the drainage of an ice-dammed epishelf lake (Disrae...