Ice stream subglacial access for ice-sheet history and fast ice flow: the BEAMISH Project on Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica and initial results on basal conditions

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Smith, A. M., Anker, P. G. D., Nicholls, K. W., Makinson, K., Murray, T., Rios-Costas, S., Brisbourne, A. M., Hodgson, D. A., Schlegel, R., Anandakrishnan, S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2020
• Subjects: Antarctic; Rutford; Rutford Ice Stream; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; West Antarctica; Annals of Glaciology; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/aog.2020.82; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0260305520000828

Abstract Three holes were drilled to the bed of Rutford Ice Stream, through ice up to 2154 m thick, to investigate the basal processes and conditions associated with fast ice flow and the glacial history of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. A narrative of the drilling, measuring and sampling activities,...