Bacteria in subglacial environments

• Main Authors: Christner, Brent C., Skidmore, Mark L., Priscu, John C., Tranter, Martyn, Foreman, Christine M.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Antarctic; Greenland; Paterson; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; National Snow and Ice Data Center
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/13187

Glaciers exist where the annual temperature remains cold enough to allow snowfall to accumulate for an extended period of time and where conditions allow subsequent metamorphosis to ice. Glacial ice forms expansive continental ice sheets in the polar regions, (e.g., in Antarctica and Greenland), and...