The M'Clintock Ice Shelf was a
Canadian ice shelf attached to northern
Ellesmere Island
Ellesmere Island ( iu, script=Latn, Umingmak Nuna, lit=land of muskoxen; french: île d'Ellesmere) is Canada's northernmost and third largest island, and the tenth largest in the world. It comprises an area of , slightly smaller than Great Br ...
. By 1961/62, its connection was tenuous. Most of the shelf broke away during the period of 1963 through 1965 with the remainder (10 km
2 lodged at Borup Point) breaking off in 1966. Subsequently, multi year
landfast sea ice, containing ice shelf fragments, has covered the M’Clintock Inlet mouth.
References
Ellesmere Island
Ice shelves of Qikiqtaaluk Region
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