Canada's last intact ice shelf broke off. It took our research station with it

Researchers studying the area in the Arctic for years describe the day of the calving event - and where they go from here

In August, Adrienne White - an ice analyst at the Canadian Ice Service who monitors the Canadian Arctic for changes in sea ice - was reviewing satellite imagery when she spotted something remarkable. The enormous Milne ice shelf, which was the last intact ice shelf in Canada and which White had studied closely before as a PhD student, was dissolving.