Ice and snow characteristics in Prydz Bay in 2006

• Main Authors: Lei, Ruibo, Li, Zhijun, Cheng, Bin, Zhang, Zhanhai, Heil, Petra
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2010
• Subjects: International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal; East Antarctica; International Polar Year; Prydz Bay; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.815755; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.815755

Under the Chinese National Antarctic Research Expedition program in 2006, the annual thermal mass balance of landfast ice in the vicinity of Zhongshan Station, Prydz Bay, east Antarctica, was investigated. Sea ice formed from mid-February onward, and maximum ice thickness occurred in late November....