Climatic trend and the retreat and disintegration of ice shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula: an overview

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Skvarca, Pedro, Rack, Wolfgang, Rott, Helmut, Ibarzábal Donángelo, Teresa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1999
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Wilkins; Larsen Ice Shelf; Marambio; Wordie; Robertson Island; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2224; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v18i2.6568

Observation of the retreat and disintegration of ice shelves around the Antarctic Peninsula during the last three decades and associated changes in air temperature, measured at various meteorological stations on the Antarctic Peninsula, are reviewed. The climatically induced retreat of the northern...