Harnessing Erebus volcano's thermal energy to power year-round monitoring

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Peters, Nial J., Oppenheimer, Clive, Jones, Bryn, Rose, Michael, Kyle, Philip
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Ross Island; Seebeck; Antarc*; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/529067/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/529067/1/harnessing-erebus-volcanos-thermal-energy-to-power-year-round-monitoring.pdf; https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antarctic-science/article/harnessing-erebus-volcanos-thermal-energy-to-power-yearround-monitoring/F2EB23A9F6D2C598B2F72A389754BE84

Year-round monitoring of Erebus volcano (Ross Island) has proved challenging due to the difficulties of maintaining continuous power for scientific instruments, especially through the Antarctic winter. We sought a potential solution involving the harvesting of thermal energy dissipated close to the...