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: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Ross Sea; McMurdo Sound; McMurdo Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-247-2021; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/247/2021/

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...