#ice shelf

[illneverbeapassenger]

Pressure ridges, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.

October 2024.

[zegalba]

Perfect rectangular iceberg floating off of the Larsen C ice shelf, Antarctica

[fuckyeahfluiddynamics]

Tides Widen Ice Cracks

When icebergs calve off of Arctic and Antarctic coastlines, it affects glacial flows upstream as well as local mixing between fresh- and seawater. A recent study points to ocean tides as a major factor in widening the ice cracks that lead to calving.  (Image and research credit: O. Marsh et al.; via Gizmodo) Read the full article

[thunderstruck9]

Tim Storrier (Australian, 1949), The Jadeberg (Snow Squall Off the Ice Shelf), 2014. Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 91 x 304.7 cm.

[tilbageidanmark]

"Today I learnt" that there is only one permanent settlement on Antarctica called Villa Las Estrellas, which is not a research outpost, just a bunch of people (80 in the winter, 150 in the summer) living far away from everybody else.

The first person born in Antarctica there in 1984.

As of 2018 all residents, including children, are required to have their appendixes removed before coming to Villa Las Estrellas as a safety precaution, as healthcare services are limited.

[haciaelmar]

perito moreno glaciar | Leica M3 | Ilford HP5 400 | 2010

[the-alternate-realities]

[kozi-ism]

Warren Dunes State Park (in winter), Michigan