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Photo 1
View looking southwest from Cape Marsh
toward the Larsen-B embayment showing icebergs remaining
from the 1999 collapse of the Larsen B Ice Shelf and
sediment-laden melt water plumes generated during
the recent austral summer. Photo 2
A photograph of the sea floor collected
January 2002 in front of the Larsen B ice shelf. The
position from which the photo was taken was recently
beneath a much larger Larsen B shelf as recently as
two years ago. The bottom shows a seafloor paved with
cobbles and pebbles that were probably released from
icebergs as the ice shelf broke up for the first time
in 1999. Water depth is about 500 meters (1640 feet). Return to Press Release NSF PR 02-22 - April 3, 2002
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