Hydrographic and climatic changes influencing the proglacial Druzhby drainage system, Vestfold Hills, Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Author: Bronge, Christian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1996
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Vestfold Hills; Vestfold; Crooked Lake; Sørsdal Glacier; Chelnok; Chelnok Lake; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102096000557; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102096000557

Freshwater drainage systems, fed by melting of nearby inland ice and perennial snowdrifts, exist in the south-eastern part of arid, ice-free, coastal Vestfold Hills. Most important is the complex Druzhby system. Intriguing questions arise about the conditions controlling its seasonal development and...