Historical fluctuations of the Matusevich Ice Shelf, Severnaya Zemlya, Russian High Arctic

• Main Authors: Williams, Meredith, Dowdeswell, Julian A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado 2001
• Subjects: GB Physical geography; Arctic; Greenland; Laptev Sea; Severnaya Zemlya; Svalbard; Antarc*; Antarctic and Alpine Research; Antarctica; Climate change; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Iceberg*; laptev; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/7162/; http://www.jstor.org/stable/1552222

Dramatic retreat of ice shelves in Antarctica in recent years, linked to climatic warming, is well documented. In contrast, the ice shelves of the Russian Arctic remain largely unstudied. A time-series analysis of the largest ice shelf in the Russian High Arctic, the Matusevich Ice Shelf, Severnaya...