Loss of multiyear landfast sea ice from Yelverton Bay, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada

• Published in: Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
• Main Authors: Pope, S. (Sierra), Copland, L. (Luke), Mueller, D. (Derek)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canada; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Ellesmere Island; Nunavut; Yelverton Bay; Yelverton Inlet; Antarctic and Alpine Research; Arctic Archipelago; glacier*; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/6135; https://doi.org/10.1657/1938-4246-44.2.210

For much of the 20th century, multiyear landfast sea ice (MLSI) formed a permanent ice cover in Yelverton Bay, Ellesmere Island. This MLSI formed following the removal of ice shelf ice from Yelverton Bay in the early 1900s, including the well-documented Ice Island T-3. The MLSI cover survived intact...