Astrolabe Glacier
EU–(ENEWSPF)–8 February 2016. Antarctica is surrounded by huge ice shelves. New research, which includes using data from satellites such as ESA’s heritage Envisat, has revealed that there is a critical point where these shelves act as a safety band, holding back the ice that flows towards the sea. If lost, it could be the point of no return.These floating ice shelves can be enormous. For example, the largest, the Ross Ice Shelf, is…
