Wilkins Ice Shelf Hanging By its Last Thread (IMAGE)

European Space Agency

Wilkins Ice Shelf Hanging By its Last Thread

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The Wilkins Ice Shelf is experiencing further disintegration. This animation, comprised of images acquired by Envisat;s Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar between May 30 and July 9, 2008, shows the break-up event which began on 28 June on the east (right) rather than the on west (left) like the previous event that occurred last month. By July 8, a fracture that could open the ice bridge was visible.

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