© 2008 Ellesmere Ice Shelves

The eastern Ward Hunt Ice Shelf showing long (up to 15 km) meltwater lakes that form every summer in troughs on the ice surface. © Denis Sarrazin

Examining the large north-south crack on the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf that drained the epishelf lake in Disraeli Fiord.

SAR satellite image of the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf before break-up. © CSA 2001.

SAR satellite image of the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf after crack formed splitting the shelf in two. © CSA 2003.

Ward Hunt Ice Shelf Break-up 2003 - Images

A crack on the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf at its northern calving front (August 2005). © Derek Mueller.

A small ice rise (grounded ice) in the middle of the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf (floating ice). © Derek Mueller.