Ice drilling on Skytrain Ice Rise and Sherman Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Robert Mulvaney, Julius Rix, Scott Polfrey, Mackenzie Grieman, Carlos Martìn, Christoph Nehrbass-Ahles, Isobel Rowell, Rebecca Tuckwell, Eric Wolff
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2021
• Subjects: Glaciological instruments and methods; ice coring; paleoclimate; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Antarctic; Berkner Island; Fletcher Promontory; Ross Island; Sherman Island; Skytrain Ice Rise; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Annals of Glaciology; Antarc*; Antarctica; British Antarctic Survey; ice core; Ice Sheet; James Ross Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2021.7; https://doaj.org/article/05d987ae2ebb4a1d91861bf5b73f547f

To understand the long-term climate and glaciological evolution of the ice sheet in the region bordering the Weddell Sea, the British Antarctic Survey has undertaken a series of successful ice core projects drilling to bedrock on Berkner Island, James Ross Island and the Fletcher Promontory. A new p...