Structural characteristics and development of sea ice in the western Ross Sea

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Jeffries, M. O., Weeks, W. F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1993
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Arctic; Antarctic; Weddell Sea; Ross Sea; Weddell; Pancake; Drygalski; Drygalski Ice Tongue; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; ice core; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102093000094; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102093000094

The internal structure of ice cores from western Ross Sea pack ice floes showed considerable diversity. Snow-ice formation made a small, but significant contribution to ice growth. Frazil ice was common and its growth clearly occurred during both the pancake cycle and deformation events. Congelation...