Ice Lost, Island Found? Eastern Coast of Antarctica Appears To Have Gained an Island
Unnamed island off the Glenzer and Conger ice shelves in East Antarctica. November 15, 1989 – January 9, 2022An unnamed mound of white off East Antarctica seems to be an island.The eastern coast of Antarctica has lost the majority of the Glenzer and Conger ice shelves. In the process, it gained what is likely an island. If confirmed, the unnamed island would be one in a series of islands exposed in recent years as portions of the floating glacial ice hugging the continent’s coast have disintegrated.The candidate island is…