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Cracks in Brunt ice shelf, Antarctica, radar satellite image
Cracks in Brunt ice shelf in Antarctica, radar satellite image. North is at top, with a scale at bottom left and an inset at top left showing the location within Antarctica. The Brunt ice shelf is an area of floating ice bordering the Coats Land coast in the Weddell Sea sector of Antarctica. Large ice chasms (red) are at right, running northwards. Another crack (red) runs from upper centre to top right, and is known as the Halloween Crack. These cracks may result in the detachment from the shelf of an area of ice the size of Greater London. Three polar research station locations are also shown (Halley V, Halley VI and the relocation site for Halley VI). This polar stereographic radar image was obtained by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellites in September and October 2017.
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