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

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: H. J. Picton, C. R. Stokes, S. S. R. Jamieson, D. Floricioiu, L. Krieger
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2023
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Antarctic; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; East Antarctica; Vanderford Glacier; Vincennes Bay; Wilkes Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3593-2023; https://doaj.org/article/c9ab9a6fd06a4fa887fd38fb61edd5d3

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...