M'Clintock Ice Shelf
{{Short description|Ice shelf in the Arctic Ocean}}
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The M'Clintock Ice Shelf was a Canadian ice shelf attached to northern Ellesmere Island. By 1961/62, its connection was tenuous.{{cite journal|url=http://www.cen.ulaval.ca/warwickvincent/PDFfiles/149.pdf |pages=133–142 |title=Ice-shelf collapse, climate change, and habitat loss in the Canadian high Arctic |accessdate=2008-09-05 |last=Vincent |first=W.F. |author2=Gibson, J.A.E |author3=Jeffries, M.O. |year=2001 |volume=37 |journal=Polar Record |issue=201 |publisher=ulaval.ca |doi=10.1017/s0032247400026954 |s2cid=85551921 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910214656/http://www.cen.ulaval.ca/warwickvincent/PDFfiles/149.pdf |archivedate=2008-09-10 }} Most of the shelf broke away during the period of 1963 through 1965 with the remainder (10 km2 lodged at Borup Point) breaking off in 1966.{{cite web |url=http://www.geo.umass.edu/climate/TILPHTML/Watershedgeography.html |title=Taconite Inlet Project |accessdate=2008-09-05 |last=Climate System Research Center |publisher=umass.edu}} Subsequently, multi year landfast sea ice, containing ice shelf fragments, has covered the M’Clintock Inlet mouth.{{cite book |pages=[https://archive.org/details/glaciersofnortha0000unse/page/16 16] |url=https://archive.org/details/glaciersofnortha0000unse/page/16 |title=Glaciers of North America : satellite image atlas of glaciers of the world |accessdate=2008-09-05 |last=Jeffires |first=M.O. |editor=Williams, R.S. |editor2=Ferrigno, J.G. |year=2002 |publisher=U.S. Geological Survey, Information Services |location=Washington, D.C. |isbn=0-607-98290-X }}