The figure displays the Envisat Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) image from 27 April 2009 superimposed on
an image from 24 April 2009. The margins of the collapsed ice bridge that formerly connected Charcot and Latady Islands are outlined in white. The demise of the ice bridge led to a destabilisation of the northern ice front of the Wilkins Ice Shelf, where the first icebergs calved off on 20 April 2009 (area denoted in red).