Physical structure of epishelf lakes of the southern Bunger Hills, East Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: GIBSON, JOHN A.E., ANDERSEN, DALE T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2002
• Subjects: Arctic; Antarctic; The Antarctic; East Antarctica; Bunger Hills; Southern Lake; Transkriptsii Gulf; Smoke Lake; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s095410200200010x; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S095410200200010X

Epishelf lakes, positioned between ice-free areas and floating ice shelves or glaciers, are unusual tidal, but largely freshwater, environments found in both the Arctic and the Antarctic. The greatest concentration of these lakes is in the Bunger Hills, East Antarctica (66°S, 100°E). We present and...