Wilkins Ice Shelf has experienced further break-up with an area of about 160 km² breaking off. This animation, comprised of images acquired by Envisat’s Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) between 30 May and 9 June 2008, highlights the rapidly dwindling strip of ice that is protecting thousands of kilometres of the ice shelf from further break-up. This is the first ever-documented episode to occur in winter.

To see the breakup, please go to the European Space Agency webside.

Wilkins Ice Shelf has experienced further break-up with an area of about 160 km² (more…)

Nur 6 Jahre nach dem spektakulären Zusammenbruch des Larsen Eisschelfs im west-antarktischen Eisschild, beginnt nun ein weiteres Eisschelf - das Wilkins Eisschelf - zu kollabieren: als erstes Zeichen dafür zeugt der Abbruch einer 41 x 2,5 km großen Fläche zwischen dem 28.2. und 17.3.2008. (more…)