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…sheet — these are ice streams. Ice streams Although they account for only 10% of the volume of the ice sheet, ice streams are sizeable features, up to 50km wide,…
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Page in Polar Geography
…sheet — these are ice streams. Ice streams Although they account for only 10% of the volume of the ice sheet, ice streams are sizeable features, up to 50km wide,…
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…to our detailed understanding of ice streams elsewhere in West Antarctica, we know surprisingly little about the ice streams of its Weddell Sea sector. Two important ice streams of this…
Read more on Aero geophysical investigation of Institute and Moller Ice Streams
News 17 October, 2012
…seen from Ryder Bay near Rothera Research Station, Adelaide Island, Antarctica. Marine-based ice streams are the fast flowing arteries of ice sheets, draining approximately 90 per cent of the ice…
News 20 July, 2009
…ice streams. As the ice enters the ocean, it forms large floating ice shelves. The ice streams can be considered to form the link between the ocean and the more…
News 23 December, 2006
…towards the sea through these ice streams. As the ice enters the ocean, it forms large floating ice shelves. The ice streams can be considered to form the link between…
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…and soft sediments underneath it helped the ice move fast on its journey to eventually melting in the sea. Accessing the ice stream The ice of Rutford Ice Stream is…
Read more on BEAMISH: Basal Conditions on Rutford Ice Stream
News 23 January, 2007
…interior of the Antarctic Ice Sheet is drained towards the sea through these ice streams. As the ice enters the ocean, it forms large floating ice shelves. The ice streams…
News 18 October, 2016
The often large ocean tides around Antarctica can greatly affect the flow of ice streams even long distances upstream of their grounding lines. Observing and modelling this interaction serves as…
News 21 April, 2009
…that has come down from the main Antarctic ice cap as ice streams. The ice shelves are several hundred metres thick. The most famous ice shelf was the Larsen B….
Read more on PRESS RELEASE: Ozone hole link to sea ice extent
News 28 August, 2015
Most comprehensive ice loss model A new international study is the first to use a high-resolution, large-scale computer model to estimate how much ice the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could…
News 16 October, 2006
…be replenished by flow of ice from upstream, so that this part of the ice shelf is showing no signs of change. Elsewhere in Antarctica ice shelves and ice streams…
Read more on Radar opens new window into the ice for Antarctic scientists
Publication 30 June, 2022
…Lake Vostok under the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, to small ephemeral waterbodies at the ice sheet margins and under fast-flowing ice streams. The water beneath the ice remains liquid because…
News 11 December, 2017
…direct effects reaching very far inland, potentially increasing ice loss and contributing sea-level rise. Tiny ice losses at Antarctica’s fringes can accelerate ice loss far away – credit Hilmar Gudmundsson…
Read more on Tiny ice losses at Antarctica’s fringes can accelerate ice loss far away
Blogpost 30 November, 2007
…spent meandering through mountains and criss-crossing his way across one of the largest ice streams in Antarctica, guiding a geologist giant. I couldn’t help but take photos of every nook…
News 28 August, 2013
Icequakes unlock secrets of icestreams Measuring tiny icequakes is helping British Antarctic Survey scientists investigate ice streams despite the challenging environment they have to work in. The work of Emma…
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Swath bathymetry Most ice is lost from Antarctica through ice streams. To better predict the future of the Antarctic ice sheet it is important that we improve our understanding of…
News 23 September, 2004
…which compacts into ice. The ice sheet slowly moves towards the coast, eventually breaking away as icebergs which gradually melt into the sea. The ice sheet covering East Antarctica is…
Read more on New structure found deep within West Antarctic Ice Sheet
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The majority of the Antarctic continent is covered by permanent ice and snow leaving less than 1% available for colonisation by plants. Most of this ice and snow-free land is…
News 12 December, 2019
…detail with radar,” says lead author Mathieu Morlighem, associate professor of Earth system science at University of California Irvine. “Ultimately, BedMachine Antarctica presents a mixed picture: Ice streams in some…
Read more on New high-precision map of Antarctica’s bed topography
News 13 March, 2017
…the coast of Antarctica as cold winds off the ice sheet cool the sea surface. The resulting cold, dense water sinks and moves northwards, forming an important part of the…
Read more on Boaty McBoatface sub prepares for first Antarctic mission
News 29 November, 2016
…thinning of the ice shelves will affect their ability to limit the movement of the ice streams flowing from the higher, land-bound ice of the West and East Antarctic ice…
Blogpost 30 December, 2023
…Antarctica has changed since that time. “A hundred million years ago is really quite important because Antarctica was a continent over the South Pole at that time, so when I…
News 5 July, 2017
…Island Glacier and Thwaites Glacier are large ice streams located on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) in Antarctica. At around 2 km thick, the glaciers drain an area of…
Read more on Study shows ice sheet loss over the last 11,000 years
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…including hot water drilling through the ice shelf to make measurements of ocean properties beneath the ice shelf; sediment coring to investigate past changes in the ice sheet; radar and…
Blogpost 30 November, 2005
…ice, which is what they do mostly. I have my face stuck to the window during the flight, as big mountains and ice cliffs flash past, ice floes, icebergs, the…
Blogpost 18 May, 2021
…changes to the coastline were made to a large section of ice shelves and ice coastline between Gipps Ice Rise in Larsen C Ice Shelf and Ronne Ice Shelf, a…
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…the Brunt Ice Shelf. This system will enable data collection throughout the Antarctic winter when the station may be unoccupied. This project will preserve core science data streams from Halley:…
News 29 October, 2012
…the accumulation of snow. Glaciers drain ice from mountains to lower levels, where the ice either melts, breaks away into the sea as icebergs, or feeds into an ice shelf….
News 22 September, 2016
…its vast ice sheets and map the bedrock beneath Pine Island Glacier – the fastest melting glacier in Antarctica, responsible for about 25 per cent of Antarctica’s ice loss. He…
Read more on Antarctica’s hidden world revealed at New Scientist Live
Blogpost 31 May, 2010
The start of the month seemed to bring a health drive as most members of base had agreed to take part in a virtual 6,000km race across Antarctica, from the…
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…ice sheets; ii) maintenance and development of UKESM elements that address land ice to improve future predictions of ice loss; iii) an improved airborne radar capability to inform on under-ice…
Event 22 September, 2016
…more – you will be amazed! Talk: Antarctica’s hidden world BAS twin otter aircraft on the Antarctic ice sheet. Friday 23 September 13:30-14:10 Beneath Antarctica’s 4 km-deep layer of 1.2…
News 11 July, 2011
…ancient supercontinents. Results from ambitious research missions to discover what lies beneath Antarctica’s vast ice sheets will be presented and discussed, including the latest reports from scientific investigations into Antarctica’s…
Read more on International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (ISAES) 2011
Event 30 September, 2016
…ice sheets has revealed an unseen world of canyons, lakes trenches and mountains ranges the size of the Alps, lakes bigger than Windermere, rivers, streams and ancient volcanoes. Antarctica is…
Blogpost 30 June, 2004
…problem with his snowshoes (they kept falling off sometimes landing him beneath the thin ice cover on the coastal streams) so as not to outpace the ladies. Rob was privileged…
Blogpost 30 March, 2010
…first ‘wild’ penguin or gazed at the view across Ryder Bay to the glacier and ice cliffs beyond. Today, Antarctica continues to be an awe inspiring site — everyday a…
News 5 February, 2014
…few years will be entering the declining phase, a period associated with high speed solar wind streams and enhanced levels of space radiation. The SPACECAST project website has the forecast…
Event 23 February, 2017
…Vaughan, Director of Science at British Antarctic Survey, will give an insight into the Hidden face of Antarctica. He will take you beneath Antarctica’s vast ice sheets, where there are…
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…data (including magnetics and radar data) over the Ellsworth Mountains, Evans Ice Stream and Carson Inlet, and Rutftord Ice Stream over 100 hours of surveying. GRADES-IMAGE survey – Flight coverage…
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The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) ADD is a seamless compilation of topographic data for Antarctica to 60°S. The ADD is the place to view, query and download datasets…
News 12 October, 2018
…National Capability Science Single Centre activity (NC SSC). These four scientific research capability programmes (instruments, facilities and expertise) enable sustained observation focussed on crucial Earth System indicators in Antarctica and…
Blogpost 5 April, 2015
…is right by our jetty! I think it’s the most animated I‘ve ever seen Siân, when she came running into our office exclaiming that “Max has done a poo!!” and…
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…measurements from successive Earth-orbiting satellites including ERS-1, ERS-2, ENVISAT, GRACE and most recently CryoSat-2, have provided valuable insight about the behaviour of Antarctica’s large ice sheets. Whilst satellite observations, using…
Read more on iStar-D The contribution to sea-level rise from the Amundsen Sea sector of Antarctica
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…in both Antarctica and the Arctic. This ship, and the suite of modernisation projects which support it, represents the largest Government investment in Antarctic and Arctic science infrastructure since the…
Read more on A new polar research ship for Britain: project delivery
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…Mountains in the center of East Antarctica. AGAP logo showing survey location in the heart of East Antarctica, key science targets (ice, lakes and mountains) and collaborating countries. …
Publication 1 January, 2018
Read more on The far reach of ice-shelf thinning in Antarctica
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…Communication and Awareness​ The Challenge We carry out vital scientific research on the impact of climate change in Antarctica and beyond. By replacing old inefficient infrastructure with sustainable technologies, our…