Topographic Steering of Enhanced Ice Flow at the Bottleneck Between East and West Antarctica

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Winter, Kate, Ross, Neil, Ferraccioli, Fausto, Jordan, Tom A., Corr, Hugh F. J., Forsberg, René, Matsuoka, Kenichi, Olesen, Arne V., Casal, Tania G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; West Antarctica; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Weddell; Siple; Siple Coast; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/dbfa52a5-87b2-4803-9edc-f2d93bb5fb18; https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL077504; https://backend.orbit.dtu.dk/ws/files/150063476/Winter_et_al_2018_Geophysical_Research_Letters.pdf

Hypothesized drawdown of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet through the “bottleneck” zone between East and West Antarctica would have significant impacts for a large proportion of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Earth observation satellite orbits and a sparseness of radio echo sounding data have restricted inves...