Serson Ice Shelf

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 km²) until 60 percent[1] of it broke away in two large sections[2] during summer 2008.[3]

References

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.
"Ice shelves suffered major melting over summer". cbc.ca. September 2, 2008. Retrieved October 1, 2008.
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.

82.3289°N 85.9983°W / 82.3289; -85.9983

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[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.