After sailing east, along the ice shelf face, for 320km, the ships abandoned their search for an entrance and set sail for Tasmania. (Not as much was known, then, about meltwater emerging from the Ross Ice Shelf.) Oceanic warming in some places might be more crucial for ice shelf melt than others, leading to sudden shifts. Stevens, doesn’t think the Ross Ice Shelf will disappear anytime soon. Imagine the world without the Ross Ice Shelf.

Source: Stuff April 23, 2021 01:52 UTC