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Ferrero Bay is one of the largest and southernmost fjords yet studied in [[Antarctica]]. Following initial [[glacier|deglaciation]], the Cosgrove Ice Shelf covered Ferrero Bay, and productivity was virtually absent during the mid-Holocene, although there was periodic incursion of warm Circumpolar Deep Water. The ice shelf persisted until 2.3 cal. kyr BP as the bay opened and coastal areas deglaciated. The retreat of the Cosgrove Ice Shelf was out of phase with [[Antarctic Peninsula]] ice shelves, implying that it did not respond to Holocene climate events but rather to the influence of Circumpolar Deep Water and possibly to internal glacial dynamics.