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

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Mueller, D. (Derek), Vincent, W.F. (Warwick F.), Jeffries, M.O. (Martin O.)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Disraeli Fiord; Nunavut; Ward Hunt Ice Shelf; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Climate change; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/25887; https://doi.org/10.1029/2003GL017931

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 (Disraeli F...