Antarctica in January 1999

This radar image of the Antarctic Peninsula was captured by the ERS-2 satellite on 31 January 1999. Over the last 50 years an average temperature increase of 2.5°C has been observed at the climate stations on the Peninsula. This has triggered the retreat and break-up of several ice shelves, culminating in the collapse of the two northern parts of the Larsen Ice Shelf January 1995 and in March 2002.