Arctic Ice Shelves and Ice Islands
This book provides an overview of the current state of knowledge of Arctic ice shelves, ice islands and related features. Ice shelves are permanent areas of ice which float on the ocean surface while attached to the coast, and typically occur in very cold
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Luke Copland Derek Mueller Editors
Arctic Ice Shelves and Ice Islands
Springer Polar Sciences Series editor James Ford, Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada
Springer Polar Sciences Springer Polar Sciences is an interdisciplinary book series that is dedicated to research on the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions and Antarctic. The series aims to present a broad platform that will include both the sciences and humanities and to facilitate exchange of knowledge between the various polar science communities. Topics and perspectives will be broad and will include but not be limited to climate change impacts, environmental change, polar ecology, governance, health, economics, indigenous populations, tourism and resource extraction activities. Books published in the series will have ready appeal to scientists, students and policy makers. More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/15180
Luke Copland • Derek Mueller Editors
Arctic Ice Shelves and Ice Islands
Editors Luke Copland Geography, Environment and Geomatics University of Ottawa Ottawa, ON, Canada
Derek Mueller Geography and Environmental Studies Carleton University Ottawa, ON, Canada
ISSN 2510-0475 ISSN 2510-0483 (electronic) Springer Polar Sciences ISBN 978-94-024-1099-0 ISBN 978-94-024-1101-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-024-1101-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017940395 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer Science+Business Media B.V. The registered company address is: Van Godewijckstraat 30, 3311 GX Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Preface
This book provides an overview of our current state of knowledge of Arctic ice shelves and related features. Ice shelves are per
