Ronne Ice Shelf

[ roh-nuh ahys shelf ]

noun

1. an ice barrier in Antarctica, in SW Weddell Sea, bordered by Ellsworth Land on the NW and Berkner Island on the E.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ronne Ice Shelf¹

Named after Finn Ronne, 1899–1980, U.S. explorer

Example Sentences

This mound of ice sits at the edge of the ice sheet, near the point where grounded ice flows into the floating Ronne Ice Shelf.

From Science Daily

This likely untethered a section of the ice from bedrock, allowing it to float suddenly and forming what is now the Ronne Ice Shelf.

From Science Daily

Capt Chandi, also known as "Polar Preet", set off from Hercules Inlet on the Ronne Ice Shelf on 26 November and arrived at the South Pole on 28 December at 02:24 GMT.

From BBC

The iceberg, known as A76, following a naming convention established by the National Ice Center, naturally split from Antarctica’s Ronne Ice Shelf into the Weddell Sea through a process known as calving, the center said.

From New York Times

Although the Weddell Sea is not warming as quickly as other parts of the Antarctic, she said, the impact of climate change in the region cannot be discounted, and it is hard to disconnect what happened with the Ronne Ice Shelf from the larger problem.

From New York Times