Map of the Brunt Ice Shelf ; 26 Feb 2021
Satellite image This satellite image of the Brunt ice shelf on 19 May 2022
has been contributed by Vince Carter who has obtained it from
the Polar View website.
Vince says "This is the reduced resoltion version. The full resolution version is over 50MB
and is available here:
https://www.polarview.aq/images/105_S1jpgfull/S1A_IW_GRDH_1SSH_20220519T233148_B32F_S_1.final.jpg
The full resolution image is the clearest I've seen in showing just how small
the connection now is to the rest of the ice shelf."
In his report of March 2022, included in ZFids Newsletter No. 51,
David Hunt (Halley Ops Manager & Station Leader) said
"The West Brunt is again amazingly still there. As I reported in the
last brief the remaining distance of intact ice between the tip of
Chasm 1 and cracks propagating from The Rumples is still
approximately 2.0 km and this hasn't really changed significantly
over this season. There is also little change in the propagation of
Halloween Crack. As I write this we are experiencing increased
activity around Chasm 1 and the intact ice is now down to 400m.
We think that the calving is now imminent (I've heard that somewhere
before !!)"
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