19+ Ward Hunt Ice Shelf Images. By september 2002, the ice shelf had split several times. The ward hunt ice shelf is the largest ice shelf in the arctic, located on the north coast of ellesmere island, nunavut, canada.

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Blick vom ward hunt ice rise im vordergrund über das ward hunt shelf ice mit vom wind verursachten rücken und wannen. An ice shelf consists of a vast expanse of ice that is many tens of metres thick. The ward hunt ice shelf is the largest ice shelf in the arctic, located on the north coast of ellesmere island, nunavut, canada.

(image courtesy of warwick vincent, université laval).

We had 23% less (sea ice) last year than we've ever had, and what's happening to the ice shelves is part of that picture. when ice shelves break apart, they drift offshore into the ocean as ice islands, transforming the very geography of the coastline. In addition, ward hunt ice shelf's central area disintegrated into drifting ice masses last summer, leaving two separate ice shelves measuring 88 and 29 square miles respectively, reduced from 132 square miles the previous year. By september 2002, the ice shelf had split several times. Mueller said the sheet broke away last week from the ward hunt ice shelf off the north coast of ellesmere island in canada's far north.