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Over the last decades, the Antarctic Peninsula ice has undergone some of the most dramatic changes in response to climate warming. Marked here the location of the George VI Ice Shelf – which is sandwiched between the west coast of Palmer Land and the east coast of Alexander Island.
Read full story: Seasonal changes in Antarctic ice sheet flow dynamics detected for the first time