Fifty-five years of Russian radio-echo sounding investigations in Antarctica

Russian (former Soviet) systematic studies of Antarctica by radio-echo sounding (RES) and ground-penetrating radar technique (GPR) were commenced in 1964. Since that time airborne RES surveys have covered about 5.5 × 106 km2 of the icy continent discovering remarkable geographic objects such as Subg...

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Published in:Annals of Glaciology
Main Author: Sergey Popov
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2020
Subjects:
Airborne electromagnetic soundings
crevasses
ground-penetrating radar
ice thickness measurements
Antarctic glaciology
Meteorology. Climatology
QC851-999
Antarctic
Amery
Amery Ice Shelf
Ronne Ice Shelf
Lake Vostok
Lambert Glacier
Mirny Station
Mirny
Annals of Glaciology
Antarc*
Antarctica
Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf
Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf
Ice Shelf
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2020.4
https://doaj.org/article/f913989a5c084b53bd4b2c4596783952
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Summary:Russian (former Soviet) systematic studies of Antarctica by radio-echo sounding (RES) and ground-penetrating radar technique (GPR) were commenced in 1964. Since that time airborne RES surveys have covered about 5.5 × 106 km2 of the icy continent discovering remarkable geographic objects such as Subglacial Gamburtsev Mountains, and allowed studies of Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, Amery Ice Shelf and Lambert Glacier. Ground-based investigations during the 1990s and 2000s revealed the structure of the Lake Vostok area and surveyed along the Mirny to Vostok and Progress to Vostok traverse routes. GPR studies during the 2010s were to select the site for a new snow-runway at Mirny Station, with the resumption of the aviation after a 25 year hiatus.

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