M'Clintock Ice Shelf

The M'Clintock Ice Shelf was a Canadian ice shelf attached to northern Ellesmere Island. By 1961/62, its connection was tenuous. [cite journal |url=http://209.85.141.104/search?q=cache:6TadLpn6HOUJ:www.cen.ulaval.ca/warwickvincent/PDFfiles/149.pdf+%22M%27Clintock+Ice+Shelf%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=us&client=firefox-a |pages=3 |title=Ice-shelf collapse, climate change, and habitat loss in the Canadian high Arctic |accessdate=2008-09-05 |last=Vincent |first=W.F. |coauthors=Gibson, J.A.E & Jeffries, M.O. |date=2001 |volume=37 |journal=Polar Record |publisher=ulaval.ca] 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. [cite web |url=http://www.geo.umass.edu/climate/TILPHTML/Watershedgeography.html |title=Taconite Inlet Project |accessdate=2008-09-05 |last=Climate System Research Center |first= |coauthors= |date= |work=|publisher=umass.edu] Subsequently, multi year landfast sea ice, containing ice shelf fragments, has covered the M’Clintock Inlet mouth. [cite book |pages=p. 16 |url=http://209.85.141.104/search?q=cache:xSrR2M5OyrYJ:ice-glaces.ec.gc.ca/content_contenu/ice_archive/Jeffries_ice_shelf.pdf+%22M%27Clintock+Ice+Shelf%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=16&gl=us&client=firefox-a |title=Glaciers of North America : satellite image atlas of glaciers of the world |accessdate=2008-09-05 |last=Jeffires |first=M.O. |coauthors=Edited by Williams, R.S. & Ferrigno, J.G. |date=2002 |work= |publisher=U.S. Geological Survey, Information Services |location=Washington, D.C. |isbn=060798290X]

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