Milne Ice Shelf
Drew’s tent on the Milne Ice Shelf Photo credit: Yulia Antropova
Luke Copland maintains a small weather station on the Milne Ice Shelf. Photo credit: Adrienne White
Drew Friedrichs receiving gear for the ice shelf camp. Photo: Jérémie Bonneau
A glacier that is flowing into the rear of the Milne Ice Shelf from the western side of Milne Fiord. Photo credit: Luke Copland
The northeast portion of the Milne Ice Shelf. Much of this ice broke away in July 2020. Photo credit: Adrienne White
Drew Friedrichs preparing the ROV for some under-ice exploration. Photo: Jérémie Bonneau
Meltwater lakes form in the depressions of Milne Ice Shelf every summer. Photo: Jérémie Bonneau
Panorama of the Milne Ice Shelf from the western side of Milne Fiord. Photo credit: Luke Copland
Drew Friedrichs after successful recovery, maintenance and deployment of the ice shelf mooring. Photo: Jérémie Bonneau
Overview of the Milne Ice Shelf from the western shore of Milne Fiord. Photo credit: Adrienne White
A rift in the ~70 m thick ice that appeared in 2009. Photo credit: Adrienne White
Adrienne White taking a photo of fractures in the Milne Ice Shelf. Photo credit: Luke Copland
Milne Ice Shelf viewed from the south-west ridge. Photo: Jérémie Bonneau
The surface of the Milne Ice Shelf has undulations that collect meltwater in the summer. Photo credit: Luke Copland
Debris brought onto the Milne Ice Shelf in the past by by an inflowing glacier. Photo credit: Adrienne White
A meltwater pond on the surface of the Milne Ice Shelf. This type of pond (up to several metres deep) have been forming on the Ellesmere ice shelves since they were first described in the 1870s. Photo credit: Luke Copland
Helicopter waiting for scientists to complete their measurements in the centre of the Milne Ice Shelf. Photo credit: Adrienne White
Moraine on Milne Ice Shelf. Photo: Jérémie Bonneau
Ice shelf camp, July 2018. Photo: Jérémie Bonneau
Derek and Yulia scouting out a route to do radar on the Milne Ice Shelf Photo credit: Jérémie Bonneau
Looking south at a rift in Milne Ice shelf. This rift formed in 2009 and got progressively wider. In July 2020 the ice shelf broke up further north of this fracture. Photo: Derek Mueller
Weather station and hotel room on the ice shelf. Photo: Derek Mueller
Looking north at a rift in Milne Ice shelf. The ice shelf broke up to the northwest of there along another rift in July 2020. Photo: Derek Mueller