Kamb Ice Stream
Appearance
Kamb Ice Stream (82°15′S 145°00′W / 82.250°S 145.000°W), a glaciological feature of the Ross Ice Shelf of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet,[1] formerly known as Ice Stream C, the ice stream was renamed in 2001 in honor of Caltech Glaciologist Dr. Barclay Kamb. Its margins were the focus of a sequence of scientific borehole expeditions in 2019 and 2021 where a New Zealand team melted their way through the ice to sample the oceanographic conditions below.[2]
Sources
[edit]- ^ Babcock, Michelle (28 January 2020). "First look under Thwaites Glacier and Kamb Ice Stream – Planetary Habitability and Technology Lab". eas.gatech.edu. School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Tech. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ^ Horgan, Huw Joseph; Stevens, Craig (10 February 2022). "Exploring Antarctica's hidden under-ice rivers and their role in future sea-level rise". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 11 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.