@article {Lazzara:January 2008:1088-937X:15, author = "Lazzara, M. A.", author = "Jezek, K. C.", author = "Scambos, T. A.", author = "MacAyeal, D. R.", author = "Van Der Veen, C. J.", title = "On the recent calving of icebergs from the Ross ice shelf", journal = "Polar Geography", volume = "31", year = "January 2008", abstract = "The year 2000 has witnessed the calving of several remarkably large icebergs in the Ross and Weddell seas of Antarctica, including the calving of B-l 5, possibly the largest iceberg yet to be observed. Here we present satellite imagery that records the calving, and precursor events leading up to the detachment of B-l 5 from the Ross Ice Shelf in late March 2000. These images suggest that the evolution of a network of large rifts on the ice shelf over the decade prior to calving has controlled both the time of calving and the giant size of B-15. What controls this evolution in turn remains a mystery.", pages = "15-26(12)", url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tandf/polar/2008/00000031/F0020001/art00003" doi = "doi:10.1080/10889370802175937" }