Fimbul Ice Shelf

In December 2009 new oceanographic moorings were deployed below the Fimbul ice shelf in the project Fimbul Ice Shelf - Top to Bottom.

Fimbul Ice Shelf is an ice shelf about 120 miles long and 60 miles wide, nourished by Jutulstraumen Glacier, bordering the coast of Queen Maud Land from 3° W to 3° E. It was photographed from the air by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–39), mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949–1952) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958–59) and named Fimbulisen (the giant ice).

External links

• Fimbul Ice Shelf – top to bottom
• Numerical simulations of the ice flow dynamics of Fimbulisen

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Fimbul Ice Shelf" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).