James Ross Island captured from NASA's DC-8 aircraft during an AirSAR 2004 mission over the Antarctic Peninsula.
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James Ross Island captured by NASA photographer James Ross (no relation), from NASA’s DC-8 aircraft during an AirSAR 2004 mission over the Antarctic Peninsula. James Ross Island, named for 19th century British polar explorer Sir James Clark Ross, is located at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. The island is about 1500 m high and 40-60 km wide. In recent decades, the area has experienced significant atmospheric warming (about 2 degrees C since 1950), which has triggered a vast and spectacular retreat of its floating ice shelves, glacier reduction, a decrease in permanent snow cover, and a lengthening of the melt season.March 16, 2004
NASA Photo / Jim Ross