Satellite observation of melting and break-up of fast ice in Lutzow-Holm Bay, East Antarctica

• Main Authors: Hiroyuki Enomoto, Fumihiko Nishio, Hideo Warashina, Shuki Ushio
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Department of Civil Engineering, Kitami Institute of Technology 2002
• Subjects: East Antarctica; Lützow-Holm Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Polar meteorology and glaciology
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=2942; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00002942/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=2942&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

Lutzow-Holm Bay, East Antarctica is covered entirely by multi-year fast ice, almost every year, but this fast ice breaks up periodically, with several years between break up events. A large break-up started in March 1997, and reached its maximum at the end of March 1998. Two thirds of the fast ice i...