Superimposed Envisat Images Show Margins of Collapsed Ice Bridge (IMAGE)

European Space Agency

Superimposed Envisat Images Show Margins of Collapsed Ice Bridge

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The figure displays the Envisat Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar image from April 27, 2009, superimposed on an image from April 24, 2009. The margins of the collapsed ice bridge that formerly connected Charcot and Latady Islands are outlined in white. The demise of the ice bridge led to a destabilization of the northern ice front of the Wilkins Ice Shelf, where the first icebergs calved off on 20 April 2009 (area denoted in red).

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ESA (Annotations by A. Humbert, Münster University)

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