On the extraordinary snow on the sea ice off East Antarctica in late winter, 2012

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Toyota, Takenobu, Massom, Robert, Lecomte, Olivier, Nomura, Daiki, Heil, Petra, Tamura, Takeshi, Fraser, Alexander D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier
• Subjects: Antarctic snow on sea ice; Snow accumulation around the Antarctic; Snow-ice formation; Loss of snow into leads; ERA-Interim; Regional index term: East Antarctica; Antarctic; East Antarctica; The Antarctic; Wilkes Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; aurora australis; ice core; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/68311; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.02.003

In late winter-early spring 2012, the second Sea Ice Physics and Ecosystems Experiment (SIPEX II) was conducted off Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, onboard R/V Aurora Australis. The sea-ice conditions were characterized by significantly thick first-year ice and snow, trapping the ship for about 10 day...