Active subglacial lakes and channelized water flow beneath the Kamb Ice Stream

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Kim, Byeong-Hoon, Lee, Choon-Ki, Seo, Ki-Weon, Lee, Won Sang, Scambos, Ted
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Kamb Ice Stream; Ross Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2971-2016; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/10/2971/2016/

We identify two previously unknown subglacial lakes beneath the stagnated trunk of the Kamb Ice Stream (KIS). Rapid fill-drain hydrologic events over several months are inferred from surface height changes measured by CryoSat-2 altimetry and indicate that the lakes are probably connected by a subgla...