Publications & Datasets

2024

Morlighem , M., Goldberg, D., Barnes, J. M., Bassis, J. N., Benn, D. I., Crawford, A., Gudmundsson, G. H., & Seroussi, H. (2024). The West Antarctic Ice Sheet may not be vulnerable to Marine Ice Cliff Instability during the 21st Century. Science Advances. 10, eado7794. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ado7794

Galton-Fenzi,  B.K., Fricker, H.A., Bassis, J.N., Crawford, A.J., Gomez, N., Schoof, C. 2024. The Antarctic Ice Sheet and sea level: contemporary changes and future projections (Chapter 7), in M. Meredith, J. Melbourne-Thomas, M. Raphael and A. Naveira Garabato (eds), "Antarctica and Planet Earth", Taylor & Francis Group

Wheel, I., *Benn, D.I., *Crawford, A.J., *Todd, J., *Zwinger, T., 2024. A new 3D full-Stokes calving algorithm within Elmer/Ice (v9.0). Geoscientific Model Development 17, 5759–5777. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-5759-2024 *These authors all contributed equally to the work and are listed in alphabetical order.

Bassis, J., Crawford, A., Kachuck, S.B., Benn, D.I., Walker, C., Millstein, J., Duddu, R., Åström, A., Fricker, H., Luckman, A. 2024. Stability of ice shelves and ice cliffs in a changing climate. 2024. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 52.   https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-earth-040522-122817

2023

Karplus, M.S., Young, T.J., Bassis, J.N., Case, E.H., Crawford, A.J., Henry, L.R., Kingslake, J., Lehrmann, A.A., Pettit, E.C., Scambos, T.A., Sheffield, E., Smith, E.C., Turrin, M., Wallner, J.S. Accepted. Strategies to build a positive and inclusive Antarctic field work environment. Annals of Glaciology

Crawford, A., Mueller, D. 2023. Assessing ice island drift patterns, ice island grounding locations and gridded bathymetry product between Nares Strait and the North Atlantic. Arctic. 76(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic76227

2022

Benn, D.B., Luckman, A.J., Åström, J., Crawford, A., Conford, S., Beven, S., Zwinger, T., Gladstone, R., Alley, K., Pettit, E., Bassis, J. Rapid disintegration of Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf. The Cryosphere. 16, 2545–2564. https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/16/2545/2022

Benn, D.B., Luckman, A.J., Åström, J., Crawford, A., Conford, S., Beven, S., Zwinger, T., Gladstone, R., Alley, K., Pettit, E., Bassis, J.2022. Rapid disintegration of Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf. The Cryosphere Discussions. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-288

2021

Beven, S.L., Luckman, A.J., Benn, D.I., Adusumilli, S., Crawford, A. 2021. Brief Communication: Thwaites Glacier cavity evolution. The Cryosphere, 15, 3317-3328. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3317-2021

Bassis, J., Berg, B., Crawford, A., Benn, D. 2021. Transition to marine ice cliff instability controlled by ice thickness gradients and velocity. Science. 372(6548). 1342-1344. DOI: 10.1126/science.abf6271 

Crawford, A.J., Benn, D.I., Todd, A., Åström, J., Bassis, J.N., Zwinger, T. 2021. Marine ice-cliff instability modeling shows mixed-mode ice-cliff failure and yields calving rate parameterization. Nature Communications. 12:2701. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23070-7

2020

Crawford, A.J., Mueller, D.R., Crocker, G., Mingo, L., Desjardins, L., Dumont, D., Babin, M. 2020. Ice island thinning: Rates and model calibration with in situ observations from Baffin Bay, Nunavut. The Cryosphere. 14, 1067–1081. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1067-2020

Mingo, L., Flowers, G., Crawford, A.J., Mueller, D., Bigelow, D.G. 2020. A stationary impulse-radar system for autonomous deployment in cold and temperature environments. Annals of Glaciology. 61(81), 99-107. doi:10.1017/aog.2020.2

2018

Crawford, A.J., Mueller, D.R., Crocker, G., Myers, P. 2018. The aftermath of Petermann Glacier calving events (2008-2012): Ice island size distributions and meltwater dispersal. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 23:8812-8827. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014388

Crawford, A.J., Mueller, D.R., Joyal, G. 2018. Surveying drifting icebergs and ice islands: Detection and Mass Estimation with Aerial Photogrammetry and Laser Scanning. Remote Sensing. 10(575). doi: 10.3390/rs10040575 

Crawford, A.J., Crocker, G., Mueller, D., Desjardins, L., Saper, R., Carrieres, T. 2018. The Canadian Ice Island Drift, Deterioration and Detection (CI2D3) Database. Journal of Glaciology. 64(245), 517-521. doi:10.1017/jog.2018.36

Copland, L., White, A., Crawford, A., Mueller, D.R., Van Wychen, W., Thomson, L. Vincent, W.F. 2018. Glaciers, Ice Shelves and Ice Islands. In: Bell, T. and Brown, T.M. From Science to Policy in the Eastern Canadian Arctic: An Integrated Regional Impact Study (IRIS) of Climate Change and Modernization. ArcticNet, Quebec City, 95-117, Ch. 3.

2017

Crawford, A., Desjardins, L., Saper, R., Mueller, R. 2017. Canadian Ice Island Drift, Deterioration and Detection (CI2D3) Database Database Documentation V1.0. Water and Ice Research Laboratory, Carleton University. 20 pp. 

2016

Crawford, A.J., Wadhams, P., Wagner, T.J.W., Stern, A., Abrahamsen, E.P., Church, I., Bates, R., Nicholls, K.W. 2016. Journey of an Arctic ice island. Oceanography. 29(2). https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2016.30

Saper, R., Crawford, A. 2016. Canadian Ice Island Drift, Deterioration and Detection (CI2D3) Database Requirements Specification Document V1.0. Water and Ice Research Laboratory, Carleton University. 11 pp.

2015

Crawford, A.J., Mueller, D.R., Humphreys, E.R., Carrieres, T., Tran, H. 2015. Surface ablation model evaluation on a drifting ice island in the Canadian Arctic. Cold Regions Science and Technology. 110:170-182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2014.11.011

Stern, A.A., Johnson, E., Holland, D.M., Wagner, T.J.W., Wadhams, P., Bates, R., Abrahamsen, E.P., Nicholls, K.W., Crawford, A., Gagnon, J. and others. 2015. Wind-driven upwelling around grounded tabular icebergs. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JC010805

2014

Wagner, T.J.W., Wadhams, P., Bates, R., Elosegui, P., Stern, A., Vella, D., Abrahamsen, E.P., Crawford, A., Nicholls, K.W. 2014. The ‘footloose’ mechanism: Iceberg decay from hydrostatic stresses. Geophysical Research Letters. 41. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GL060832

2013

Mueller, D., Crawford, A., Copland, L., VanWychen, W. 2013. Ice island and iceberg fluxes from Canadian High Arctic sources. Report prepared for the Northern Transportation Adaptation Initiative, Innovation Policy Branch, Transport Canada, Ottawa, Canada.

Hamilton, A.K., Forrest, A.L., Crawford, A., Schmidt, V., Laval, B.E., Mueller, D.R., Brucker, S., Hamilton, T. 2013. Project ICEBERGS Final Report to the Canadian Ice Service, Department of Environment, Ottawa, Canada. 36 pp. 

2012

Forrest, A.L., Hamilton, A.K., Schmidt, V., Laval, B.E., Mueller, D., Crawford, A., Brucker, S., Hamilton, T. 2012. Digital terrain mapping of Petermann Ice Island fragments in the Canadian High Arctic. Proceedings of the 21st IAHR International Symposium on Ice. June 11-15, 2012, Dalian, China. T08151.

Hochheim, K., McCullough, G., Babb, D., Crawford, A., Haoqak, C., Wolki, J. 2012. An integrated sea ice project for BREA (U of M): Detection, motion and RADARSAT mapping of extreme ice features in the southern Beaufort Sea. Report for the Beaufort Regional Environmental Assessment to Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada. 48 pp. 

Datasets

Mueller, D., Crawford, A., Crocker, G., Mingo, L. 2019. Deterioration data collected from 'Petermann Ice Island-A-1-f' while grounded near Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, 2015–2017. Waterloo, Canada: Canadian Cryospheric Information Network (CCIN). doi:10.21963/13091.

Crawford, A.J., Mueller, D.R., Joyal, G. 2017. Aerial-photo and LiDAR iceberg surveys during the 2015 Joint Statoil/ArcticNet Cruise, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Waterloo, Canada: Canadian Cryospheric Information Network (CCIN). doi:10.5884/12818.

Desjardins, L., Crawford, A., Mueller, D., Saper, R., Schaad, C., Stewart-Jones, E., Shepherd, J. 2018. Canadian Ice Island Drift, Deterioration and Detection Database (CI2D3 Database) [v1.1]. Waterloo, Canada: Canadian Cryospheric Information Network (CCIN). doi:10.21963/12678.