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The Larsen Ice Shelf is a long ice shelf in the northwest part of the Weddell Sea, extending along the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula [1] from Cape Longing to Smith Peninsula. It is named after Captain Carl Anton Larsen , the master of the Norwegian whaling vessel Jason , who sailed along the ice front as far as 68°10' South during ...
The calving of A-68 reduced the overall size of the Larsen C shelf by 12 percent. [5] [6] Historical data shows that many icebergs that break off from the Antarctic Peninsula reach South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. [7] The name "A-68" was assigned by the US National Ice Center. It broke into parts with the mother berg dubbed A-68A.
This is a list of Antarctic ice shelves.. An image of Antarctica differentiating its landmass (dark grey) from its ice shelves (minimum extent, light grey, and maximum extent, white) Edge of Ekstrom Ice Shelf
The world's biggest ... a chunk about the size of two New York Cities — broke free. The Brunt Ice Shelf lies across the Weddell Sea from the site of the Larsen C ice shelf on the Antarctic ...
When A-68 broke off of Larsen C earlier this year, it was a historic event. A-68 is one of the largest icebergs ever to break off Antarctica. NASA released amazing close-up images of the giant new ...
A fast moving crack in an ice shelf in Antarctica could create one of the largest icebergs ever recorded. Antarctic ice shelf crack grows 11 miles and will create one of the largest icebergs ever ...
The 350 square kilometres (140 sq mi) Larsen Inlet ice shelf, north of the Larsen A Ice Shelf, was ice-filled in 1986, but mostly ice-free in 1988. The effect of an ice shelf like this disappearing is that glaciers that were held back by it start to side faster into the ocean.
Some named Antarctic iceshelves. Ice shelf extending approximately 6 miles into the Antarctic Sound from Joinville Island. An ice shelf is "a floating slab of ice originating from land of considerable thickness extending from the coast (usually of great horizontal extent with a very gently sloping surface), resulting from the flow of ice sheets, initially formed by the accumulation of snow ...