Microbial Community Structure of Subglacial Lake Whillans, West Antarctica

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Achberger, Amanda M., Christner, Brent C., Michaud, Alexander B., Priscu, John C., Skidmore, Mark L., Vick-Majors, Trista J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Antarctic; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; West Antarctica; Whillans; Whillans Ice Stream; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/12620

Subglacial Lake Whillans (SLW) is located beneath 800 m of ice on the Whillans Ice Stream in West Antarctica and was sampled in January of 2013, providing the first opportunity to directly examine water and sediments from an Antarctic subglacial lake. To minimize the introduction of surface contamin...