The Vulnerable Ice Shelves of Antarctic
Published: Apr 28, 2019
Photo courtesy: Madice
Field survey near Norwegian research station Troll in Princess Martha Coast in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
Abstract: The stability of floating Antarctic ice shelves is key to the understanding of Antarctic’s contribution to the global sea-level rise. An Indo-Norwegian project, MADICE was initiated to study the role of ice shelves and ice rises in stabilising ice sheets around the coastal Dronning Maud Land of East Antarctica.
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