Examining Arctic ice shelves prior to the 2008 breakup
The last time researchers stood on the surface of the Serson Ice Shelf, at the northern end of Ellesmere Island, Canada, it was a chilly 26°C April day in 2008. On a relatively warm 8°C day 3 months later, the ice shelf began to break apart and within 3 weeks lost 122 square kilometers (60%) of its...
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ftcarletonunivir:oai:carleton.ca:25918 2023-05-15T14:59:32+02:00 Examining Arctic ice shelves prior to the 2008 breakup Mueller, D. (Derek) Copland, L. (Luke) Hamilton, A. (Andrew) Stern, D. (Doug) 2008-12-02 https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/25918 https://doi.org/10.1029/2008EO490002 en eng https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/25918 doi:10.1029/2008EO490002 Eos vol. 89 no. 49, pp. 502-503 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2008 ftcarletonunivir https://doi.org/10.1029/2008EO490002 2022-02-06T21:51:19Z The last time researchers stood on the surface of the Serson Ice Shelf, at the northern end of Ellesmere Island, Canada, it was a chilly 26°C April day in 2008. On a relatively warm 8°C day 3 months later, the ice shelf began to break apart and within 3 weeks lost 122 square kilometers (60%) of its area. This past summer, Ellesmere's 50‐square‐kilometer Markham Ice Shelf also broke away, and there was major fracturing throughout the eastern half and well into the western half of the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, which is the largest remaining ice shelf in the Northern Hemisphere. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Ellesmere Island Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Markham Ice Shelf Serson Ice Shelf Ward Hunt Ice Shelf Carleton University's Institutional Repository Arctic Canada Ellesmere Island Markham ENVELOPE(-57.358,-57.358,-64.296,-64.296) Ward Hunt Ice Shelf ENVELOPE(-73.499,-73.499,83.122,83.122) Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union 89 49 502 |
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The last time researchers stood on the surface of the Serson Ice Shelf, at the northern end of Ellesmere Island, Canada, it was a chilly 26°C April day in 2008. On a relatively warm 8°C day 3 months later, the ice shelf began to break apart and within 3 weeks lost 122 square kilometers (60%) of its area. This past summer, Ellesmere's 50‐square‐kilometer Markham Ice Shelf also broke away, and there was major fracturing throughout the eastern half and well into the western half of the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, which is the largest remaining ice shelf in the Northern Hemisphere. |
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Mueller, D. (Derek) Copland, L. (Luke) Hamilton, A. (Andrew) Stern, D. (Doug) Examining Arctic ice shelves prior to the 2008 breakup |
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Examining Arctic ice shelves prior to the 2008 breakup |
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Examining Arctic ice shelves prior to the 2008 breakup |
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ENVELOPE(-57.358,-57.358,-64.296,-64.296) ENVELOPE(-73.499,-73.499,83.122,83.122) |
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