Ice shelves are vast, floating extensions of grounded ice sheets, forming crucial components of the cryosphere. They are massive barriers of perennial ice that float upon the ocean surface, having formed through the overflow of continental glaciers. Physically, these shelves play a critical role in regulating the stability and flow rate of the larger continental ice masses behind them; by impeding the discharge of grounded ice, they can stabilize the internal dynamics of the ice sheet. The melting and subsequent calving of ice shelves are major contributors to global sea-level rise, making them subjects of study in glaciology and climate science to predict future changes in global ocean volume and coastal environments.