Wilkins Ice Sheet from 2003
Location Map: MODIS image from 13 February 2003, 13:15 (click here)
This series of satellite images shows the Wilkins Ice Shelf as it begins to break up. The large image is from March 6. The images at right, from top to bottom, are from Feb. 28, Feb. 29 and March 8. The images were processed from the MODIS satellite sensor flying on NASA's Earth Observing System Aqua and Terra satellites. Images courtesy NSIDC, NASA, University of Colorado
Satellite images from the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre show the rapid disintegration of the Wilkins ice shelf
