An ice core drilled from the ice sheet near the bordering Ronne Ice Shelf suggests that, contrary to some model reconstructions, the ice shelf survived this period at almost its current extent.
But they were mistaken. Argentina had made a submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) on 21 April 2009 to claim sovereignty rights over the resources of the sea-bed.
If you were to walk out onto the ice, it’s hard to know where the shoreline lies. The biggest danger with shelf ice is how unstable it is. Shelf ice can collapse from a person walking on it ...
it can create spectacular blue ice, craggy piles and "volcanoes" that spray water high into the air, but officials say people should stay off shelf ice along the beach because it hides deadly secrets.