Snow Surface Elevation in the Filchner Ice Shelf Area, Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Author: Behrendt, John. C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1965
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; Austral; Berkner Island; Filchner Ice Shelf; Polar Plateau; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000018736; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000018736

Abstract Altimeter observations made on flights during the austral summer 1963–64 in the vicinity of the Filchner Ice Shelf have allowed the construction of a new topographic map of the snow surface in that area. The ice stream flowing into the ice shelf from the polar plateau is more clearly defined. A previously shown connection from Berkner Island to the grounded ice to the west-south-west appears not to exist. The mass flux from the drainage basin on the polar plateau can be accounted for by a reasonable ice-shelf flow rate. The area of the ice shelf shown on the map is 0.43×10 6 km. 2 .