Environmentally clean access to Antarctic subglacial aquatic environments

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Michaud, Alexander B., Vick-Majors, Trista J., Achberger, Amanda M., Skidmore, Mark L., Christner, Brent C., Tranter, Martyn, Priscu, John C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2020
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; Whillans; Whillans Ice Stream; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102020000231; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102020000231

Abstract Subglacial Antarctic aquatic environments are important targets for scientific exploration due to the unique ecosystems they support and their sediments containing palaeoenvironmental records. Directly accessing these environments while preventing forward contamination and demonstrating tha...