Disruption of Sand-Wedge Polygons at McMurdo Station, Antarctica: An Indication of Physical Disturbance

• Main Authors: Andrew G. Klein, Mahlon C. Kennicutt Ii, Gary A. Wolff, Steve T. Sweet, Diana A. Gielstra, Tiffany Bloxom
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antarctica; periglacial; remote sensing; environment; Antarctic; Armitage; Arrival Heights; Cape Armitage; Hut Point; Hut Point Peninsula; McMurdo Sound; McMurdo Station; Ross Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.485.5779; http://www.easternsnow.org/proceedings/2004/klein_et_al.pdf

Sand-wedge polygons are a ubiquitous periglacial feature throughout the ice-free lowlands of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. These features were once extensive in the ice-free areas on the southern tip of the Hut Point Peninsula on Ross Island. However, operations of McMurdo Station, which have supported...