Airborne mapping of the sub-ice platelet layer under fast ice in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Haas, Christian, Langhorne, Patricia J., Rack, Wolfgang, Leonard, Greg H., Brett, Gemma M., Price, Daniel, Beckers, Justin F., Gough, Alex J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; McMurdo Ice Shelf; McMurdo Sound; Ross Sea; Sea ice; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/53564/; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-247-2021; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.a7037116-9aa6-4c61-80f8-c947a62e1d1b

Basal melting of ice shelves can result in the outflow of supercooled ice shelf water, which can lead to the formation of a sub-ice platelet layer (SIPL) below adjacent sea ice. McMurdo Sound, located in the southern Ross Sea, Antarctica, is well known for the occurrence of a SIPL linked to ice shel...