The Milne Ice Shelf, a fragment of the former Ellesmere Ice Shelf, is located in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is the second largest ice shelf in the Arctic Ocean. Situated on the north-west coast of Ellesmere Island, it is about 270 km (170 mi) west of Alert, Nunavut.
| Milne Ice Shelf | |
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| Type | Ice shelf |
| Location | Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada |
| Coordinates | 82°45′N 081°55′W / 82.750°N 81.917°W |
| Area | 290 km2 (110 sq mi) (1986) |
| Thickness | 100 metres (330 ft) (1986) |
In 1986, the ice shelf had an area of about 290 km2 (110 sq mi), with a central thickness of 100 m (330 ft).[1] It had been the last ice shelf in the Canadian Arctic to be fully intact until July 2020, when over 40 percent of the sheet collapsed within two days, a consequence of global warming. An uninhabited research camp was lost when the shelf collapsed. It included instruments for measuring water flow through the ice shelf.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ Jeffries, Martin O. (1986). "Glaciers and the morphology and structure of Milne Ice Shelf, Ellesmere Island, N.W.T., Canada". Arctic and Alpine Research. 18 (4). doi:10.2307/1551089. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ Warburton, Moira (6 August 2020). "Canada's last fully intact Arctic ice shelf collapses". Reuters. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ Funes, Yessenia (11 August 2020). "These Satellite Images Show the Final Days of Canada's Last Ice Shelf". Earther. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
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