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The Milne Ice Shelf was named after Sir David Milne, a former president of the Royal Geographical Society in the United Kingdom. It was named by the Canadian government in recognition of his contributions to Arctic exploration.
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Who discovered the Milne ice sheet?
The Milne Ice Shelf was part of the huge Ellesmere Ice shelf which has now broken up into six different ice shelfs. First discovered in 1875-76 by the British Arctic Expedition under the command of Lieutenant Pelham Aldrich.
What are some names of antarctica ice shelfs?
A few are named below: Ross ice shelf Ronne/Filchner ice shelf Riiser-Larsen ice shelf Larsen ice shelf
What is a larger ice shelf in Antarctica named after an explorer?
You may be thinking of the Ross Ice Shelf named after James Clark Ross.
What are the names of the part of Antarctica?
A few of Antarctica's ice shelfs are as named below: Ross ice shelf Ronne/Filchner ice shelf Riiser-Larson ice shelf Larsen ice shelf
What is a sea and a large ice shelf in antarctica named after an explorer?
The Ross Sea and Ross Ice Shelf which was named after Sir James Clark Ross.
What are the two largest ice shelves in Antarctica?
You can pick any two you want. From the Wikipedia entry: here is a list of the ice shelves, listed clockwise, starting in the West of East Antarctica. An ice sheet is included in the list: "Filchner Ice Shelf "Brunt Ice Shelf "Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf "Quar Ice Shelf "Ekstrom Ice Shelf "Jelbart Ice Shelf "Fimbul Ice Shelf "Lazarev Ice Shelf "King Baudouin Ice Shelf "Hannan Ice Shelf "Zubchatyy Ice Shelf "Wyers Ice Shelf "Edward VIII Ice Shelf "Amery Ice Shelf "Publications Ice Shelf "West Ice Shelf "Shackleton Ice Shelf "Moscow University Ice Shelf "Voyeykov Ice Shelf "Cook Ice Shelf "Slava Ice Shelf "Gillett Ice Shelf "Nansen Ice Sheet "McMurdo Ice Shelf "Ross Ice Shelf "Swinburne Ice Shelf "Sulzberger Ice Shelf "Nickerson Ice Shelf "Getz Ice Shelf "Dotson Ice Shelf "Crosson Ice Shelf "Cosgrove Ice Shelf "Abbot Ice Shelf "Venable Ice Shelf "Stange Ice Shelf "Bach Ice Shelf "George VI Ice Shelf "Wilkins Ice Shelf "Wordie Ice Shelf "Jones Ice Shelf "Müller Ice Shelf "Prince Gustav Ice Shelf "Larsen Ice Shelf (Larsen A and B) "Ronne Ice Shelf"
Who name was named after the ross ice shelf?
James Clark Ross
What were named in honor of James Ross?
antartica's largest ice shelf is called Ross Ice Shelf named after James Ross. the James Ross Strait, in the Canadian province of Nunavut, is named after him. The crater Ross on the moon is jointly named after James Ross and Frank Elmore Ross.
What is the ice Shelf?
the Ross ice shelf
What awards did AA Milne win?
AA Milne won the prestigious Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958 for his classic children's book "Winnie-the-Pooh." He was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957.
What is an ice shelf?
an ice shelf is a shelf of ice, which is floating on the water. There are several large ice shelves around Antarctica.
What year did Ronne Ice Shelf gets its name?
The original name for the ice shelf after it was discovered in the late 1940s was changed from the Lassiter Ice ShelfAccording to its Wikipedia entry:"... the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) approved the name Ronne Ice Shelf for this large ice shelf, on the basis of first sighting and exploration of the ice shelf by Ronne and parties under his leadership. The shelf is therefore named for Edith Ronne, the wife of Finn Ronne and RARE Expedition member."This naming process took place after IGY during the late 1950s.Today, properly it is attached to the Filchner ice shelf and is referenced as the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf.
