South Sandwich Islands – An understudied isolated Southern Ocean archipelago: Editorial

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Collins, Martin A., Hart, T., Hogg, O.T., Hollyman, Philip R., Liszka, Cecilia M., Stewart, Heather A., Trathan, Phil N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: Southern Ocean; Sandwich Islands; South Sandwich Islands; South Georgia; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/532683/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2022.105121

The South Sandwich Islands are an isolated, oceanic, volcanically formed archipelago in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. The complex bathymetry, coupled with the location in the marginal sea-ice zone and the relationship with the ACC makes the region both productive and biodiverse. Althoug...