Tag: Sunshine Glacier

• Monday, March 21st 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  South Orkney Sunshine glacier shrunk one seventh in 20 years, HMS Protector confirms

  

  The Royal Navy’s polar research ship HMS Protector found an enormous Antarctic glacier vanishing at an alarming rate. The mighty Sunshine Glacier has shrunk by one-seventh in 20 years – an area the size of more than 130 football pitches has melted away.