Misplaced Pages

Serson Ice Shelf

Article snapshot taken from[REDACTED] with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Ice shelf in the Arctic Ocean

The Serson Ice Shelf is a major ice shelf on the northern coast of Ellesmere Island in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It measured approximately 47 square miles (120 km) until 60 percent of it broke away in two large sections during summer 2008.

References

  1. Lite, Jordan (September 4, 2008). "Climate Change: Ice Chunk the Size of Manhattan Splits from Canadian Glacier". Scientific American. Archived from the original on August 11, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2008.
  2. "Ice shelves suffered major melting over summer". cbc.ca. September 2, 2008. Retrieved October 1, 2008.
  3. Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) (September 25, 2008). "Study Merges Decade Of Arctic Data As Ice Collapses Into The Sea". Retrieved October 1, 2008 – via Science Daily.

82°19′44″N 85°59′54″W / 82.3289°N 85.9983°W / 82.3289; -85.9983


Stub icon

This Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut location article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories:
Serson Ice Shelf Add topic