GoKawiilMilne Ice Shelf Collapse Drains Canada's Last Epishelf Lake
The breakdown of the Milne Ice Shelf in Canada's High Arctic caused the freshwater lake that once floated atop denser seawater behind it to empty out within a matter of months. This lake was the last known epishelf lake in the Canadian Arctic, formed by a rare balance of ice-shelf structure and layered water that has now been broken.