Glacier, River and Sea Ice Blister Observations

• Main Author: Kovacs, Austin
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1992
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *ICE FORMATION; *WATER SUPPLIES; WATER; MORPHOLOGY; ALASKA; THAWING; SEA ICE; GREENLAND; PERMAFROST; GLACIERS; SUBSURFACE; RIVERS; ICE; CAVITIES; ICE MECHANICS; *ICE BLISTERS; GREENLAND(ALASKA); Greenland; Antarc*; Antarctica; glacier; glaciers; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA256301; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA256301

Ice blister observations made by the author in Greenland, Alaska and Antarctica are discussed. Ice blisters up to 3 m high and tens of meters long were observed on rivers and glaciers as well as on a subsurface glacial pool. Ice blisters observed by other investigators are also discussed, as is ice blister morphology (solid, hollow or water-filled), the processes associated with their formation and their potential as a resource for potable water. Freshwater ice, Ice blisters, River ice, Glacier ice, Ice mounds, Water supply.