A 70-square-kilometer chunk of ice broke off from the King Baudouin Ice Shelf in January 2015. The last time that part of King Baudouin calved such a large iceberg was in the 1960s.
The King Baudouin Ice Shelf (also called Roi Baudouin Ice shelf, from French: Plateforme de glace Roi Baudouin[1]) in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, is within the Norwegian part of Antarctica. It is named after King Baudouin of Belgium (1930-1993).
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Baudouin (US: /boʊˈdwæ̃/; 7 September 1930 – 31 July 1993) was King of the Belgians from 17 July 1951 until his death in 1993. He was the last Belgian...
the edge of the shelf, and slowly drifting northwards. By May 2021, the iceberg had drifted 46 degrees west to the KingBaudouinIceShelf, colliding with...
Gazetteer. The iceshelf areas are listed below, clockwise, starting in the west of East Antarctica: † Indicates that the iceshelf has collapsed. List...
structure, supposedly a meteorite crater, on the surface snow of KingBaudouinIceShelf. Satellite images suggest that the crater is probably at least...
after being picked up by the ship at the base, went ashore on the Ross IceShelf for brief journeys. The expedition hut is still in good condition and...
(2012). "Melting and refreezing beneath Roi BaudouinIceShelf (East Antarctica) inferred from radar, GPS, and ice core data". Journal of Geophysical Research:...
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