Fast ice distribution in Adélie Land, East Antarctica: interannual variability and implications for emperor penguins Aptendytes fosteri

• Main Authors: Massom, Robert, Hill, Katrina, Barbraud, Christophe, Adams, Neil, Ancel, André, Emmerson, Louise, Pook, Michael
• Other Authors: Australian Antarctic Division (AAD), Australian Government, Department of the Environment and Energy, Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (ACE-CRC), Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies (IASOS), University of Tasmania Hobart, Australia (UTAS), Centre d'études biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie (DEPE-IPHC), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (CSIRO-MAR), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Canberra (CSIRO)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2009
• Subjects: Antarctic fast ice · Emperor penguin · Breeding success · Pointe Géologie · Wind · Interannual variability; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; [SDV.BID.EVO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Populations and Evolution [q-bio.PE]; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Pointe-Géologie; Antarc*; Antarctica; Aptenodytes forsteri; Emperor penguins; Iceberg*
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00356247

International audience Antarctic fast ice is of key climatic and ecological importance, yet its distribution and variability are poorly understood. We present a detailed analysis of fast ice along the Adélie Land coast (East Antarctica) using satellite data from 1992 to 1999. Fast ice formation alon...