Glacial boulders ‘floating’ on the ice cover of Lake Untersee, East Antarctica

Large glacial boulders, up to several metres in diameter, resting on the lake ice are a remarkable feature of Lake Untersee (71°21'S, 13°28'E), an ice-dammed, perennially frozen freshwater lake in the Ottovon-Gruber-Gebirge (Gruber Mountains) of central Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica. A...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Antarctic Science
Main Authors: Wand, Ulrich, Perlt, James
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1999
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102099000310
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102099000310