Deglacier variability of the Filcher Ice Shelf, Antarctica

• Main Author: Lamping, Nele
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: Univ. Bremen 2016
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; antartic*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Sea ice; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/42177/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.48935

The Weddell Sea Embayment (WSE) in Antarctica is one of the least explored environments on Earth. Ice streams and glaciers draining into it discharge more than 22 % of Antartic continental ice to the Southern Ocean. Due to extensive sea ice cover and harsh weather conditions throughout the year, thi...