Icebergs as tracers of water movement in the Bransfield Strait

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Madejski, P., Rakusa-Suszczewski, S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1990
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; King George Island; Bransfield Strait; Admiralty Bay; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102090000347; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102090000347

The direction and velocity of iceberg drift were measured during 1987 by photogrammetric methods. Drift along the southern coast of King George Island followed the NE and ENE directions of wind and water currents. The highest mean velocities (0.6–0.8 ms −1 ) were recorded in March and April, and the lowest velocities (0.1–0.2 ms −1 ) in winter, from May–July. From August–October velocities (0.4–0.6 ms −1 ) were higher than in November to December (0.4–0.5 ms −1 ). The waters flowing into Admiralty Bay came from the western part of the Bransfield Strait.