Larsen ice shelf

In 1995 the northern part of the Larsen ice shelf (known as Larsen A) collapsed – a process observed by Envisat’s predecessor spacecraft ERS. On 18 March 2002 another part known as Larsen B followed it, as captured by ASAR. During this most recent collapse a 200-metre-thick shelf with an area of 3,300 km2, equivalent in size to more than a third of the island of Corsica or the whole of Luxembourg, was lost.