Journey of an Arctic ice island

In August 2010, a 253 km2 ice island calved from the floating glacial tongue of Petermann Glacier in Northwest Greenland. Petermann Ice Island (PII)-B, a large fragment of this original ice island, is the most intensively observed ice island in recent decades. We chronicle PII-B’s deterioration over...

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Published in:Oceanography
Main Authors: Crawford, Anna J., Wadhams, Peter, Wagner, Till J.W., Stern, Alon, Abrahamsen, E. Povl, Church, Ian, Bates, Richard, Nicholls, Keith W.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Oceanography Society 2016
Subjects:
Arctic
Nunavut
Greenland
Clyde River
glacier
Petermann glacier
Sea ice
Online Access:http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/513308/
https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/513308/1/29-2_crawford.pdf
http://tos.org/oceanography/article/journey-of-an-arctic-ice-island

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