Extensive and anomalous grounding line retreat at Vanderford Glacier, Vincennes Bay, Wilkes Land, East Antarctica

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Picton, Hannah J., Stokes, Chris R., Jamieson, Stewart S. R., Floricioiu, Dana, Krieger, Lukas
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Antarctic; East Antarctica; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Wilkes Land; Vincennes Bay; Vanderford Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3593-2023; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/17/3593/2023/

Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, has been losing mass at an accelerating rate over recent decades in response to enhanced oceanic forcing. Overlying the Aurora Subglacial Basin, it has been referred to as the “weak underbelly” of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet and is drained by several major outlet glaci...