Recent dynamic changes on Fleming Glacier after the disintegration of Wordie Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: P. Friedl, T. C. Seehaus, A. Wendt, M. H. Braun, K. Höppner
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2018
• Subjects: geo; envir; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; Wordie; Wordie Ice Shelf; Fleming Glacier; Wordie Bay; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1347-2018; https://www.the-cryosphere.net/12/1347/2018/tc-12-1347-2018.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/77e003363db24139930c7708e500ed9c

The Antarctic Peninsula is one of the world's regions most affected by climate change. Several ice shelves have retreated, thinned or completely disintegrated during recent decades, leading to acceleration and increased calving of their tributary glaciers. Wordie Ice Shelf, located in Marguerit...