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, Stern, Alon, Abrahamsen, Paul, Bates, C. Richard, Church, Ian, Nicholls, Kieth
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Arctic
Clyde River
Greenland
Nunavut
glacier
Petermann glacier
Sea ice
Online Access:https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/publications/74749c06-be1a-4ac5-849e-6baf96db0ff1
https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2016.30
https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/9184/1/Crawford_2016_Oceano_Journey_FinalPublishedVersion.pdf

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