The influence of the Drygalski Ice Tongue on the local ocean

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Stevens, Craig, Sang Lee, Won, Fusco, Giannetta, Yun, Sukyoung, Grant, Brett, Robinson, Natalie, Yeon Hwang, Chung
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Ross Sea; Victoria Land; Terra Nova Bay; Drygalski; Drygalski Ice Tongue
• Online Access: https://www.openaccessrepository.it/record/41940; https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2017.4

ABSTRACT The Drygalski Ice Tongue presents an ~80 km long floating obstacle to alongshore flows in the Victoria Land coastal ocean region of the Western Ross Sea. Here we use oceanographic data from near to the tongue to explore the interplay between the floating glacier and the local currents and s...