Das Projekt "Dynamics and stability of Wilkins and George VI ice shelves on the south-western Antarctic Peninsula" wird vom Umweltbundesamt gefördert und von Universität Bonn, Zentrum für Fernerkundung der Landoberfläche durchgeführt. Mapping and monitoring the break-up events on Wilkins Ice Shelf and identification of mechanisms and processes leading to break-up. Within this activity we integrate various high and moderate-resolution satellite images with special emphasis on SAR data. The analysis covers currently a time period back to 1986 (Landsat TM) with increasing dense time series to present. In close collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) acquisition plans for the ENVISAT ASAR and TerraSAR-X instruments are implemented and the respective data analysed. Since September 2009, this activity is supported by a DFG research grant. Main aim is to derive surface velocity fields of the ice shelf and its tributary glaciers by satellite remote sensing as input for icedynamic modelling and fracture mechanical analyses.