Articles | Volume 17, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-157-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-157-2023
Research article
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16 Jan 2023
Research article |  | 16 Jan 2023

Glaciological history and structural evolution of the Shackleton Ice Shelf system, East Antarctica, over the past 60 years

Sarah S. Thompson, Bernd Kulessa, Adrian Luckman, Jacqueline A. Halpin, Jamin S. Greenbaum, Tyler Pelle, Feras Habbal, Jingxue Guo, Lenneke M. Jong, Jason L. Roberts, Bo Sun, and Donald D. Blankenship

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MEaSUREs InSAR-Based Antarctica Ice Velocity Map, Version 2 E. Rignot, J. Mouginot, and B. Scheuchl https://doi.org/10.5067/D7GK8F5J8M8R

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We use satellite imagery and ice penetrating radar to investigate the stability of the Shackleton system in East Antarctica. We find significant changes in surface structures across the system and observe a significant increase in ice flow speed (up to 50 %) on the floating part of Scott Glacier. We conclude that knowledge remains woefully insufficient to explain recent observed changes in the grounded and floating regions of the system.