Platelet ice attachment to instrument strings beneath the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Craven, M., Galton-Fenzi, B.K., Herraiz-Borreguero, L., Vogel, S.W., Allison, I.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; East Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal; Ice Shelf; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/398660/

Oceanographic instruments suspended beneath the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica, have recorded sporadic pressure decreases of 10–20 dbar over a few days at three sites where basal marine ice growth is expected. We attribute these events to flotation due to platelet ice accretion on the instrument m...