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Break-up of the Wilkins Ice Shelf in Antarctica

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Title Break-up of the Wilkins Ice Shelf in Antarctica

Released 28/03/2008 12:13 pm

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This animation, comprised of images acquired by Envisat’s Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR), highlights the rapid loss of ice on the Wilkins Ice Shelf from 26 February to 7 March 2008. Between 28 and 29 February, an area of about 400 sq km disintegrated into large and small icebergs within 24 hours.

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Activity Observing the Earth

Mission Envisat

Keywords Atmosphere , Ice and snow , Ice and snow , Climate Change , Ice sheets , Icebergs

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