Quantification of Changes for the Milne Ice Shelf, Nunavut, Canada, 1950 - 2009

• Main Author: Mortimer, Colleen Adel
• Other Authors: Copland, Luke
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2011
• Subjects: Ice Shelf; Arctic change; Nunavut; Glaciology; Ground penetrating radar; Ellesmere Island; Arctic; Canada; Milne Ice Shelf; Ward Hunt Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/19773; https://doi.org/10.20381/ruor-4428

This study presents a comprehensive overview of the current state of the Milne Ice Shelf and how it has changed over the last 59 years. The 205 ±1 km2 ice shelf experienced a 28% (82 ±0.8 km2) reduction in area between 1950 – 2009, and a 20% (2.5 ±0.9km3 water equivalent (w.e.)) reduction in volume...