Serson Ice Shelf

The Serson Ice Shelf is a major ice shelf located on the northern coast of Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada. It measured approximately convert|47|sqmi|km2 until 60 percent [cite news |title=Climate Change: Ice Chunk the Size of Manhattan Splits from Canadian Glacier |url=http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=climate-change-ice-chunk-the-size-o-2008-09-04 |work= |publisher=sciam.com |date=2008-09-04 |accessdate=2008-10-01] of it broke away in two large sections [cite news |title=Ice shelves suffered major melting over summer |url=http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/09/02/science-ice.html?ref=rss |work= |publisher=cbc.ca |date=2008-09-02 |accessdate=2008-10-01] during summer 2008. [cite news |title=Study Merges Decade Of Arctic Data As Ice Collapses Into The Sea |url=http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080922195943.htm |work= |publisher= |date=2008-09-25 |accessdate=2008-10-01]

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