Exploring beneath the PIG Ice Shelf with the Autosub3 AUV

• Main Authors: McPhail, Stephen D, Furlong, Maaten E, Perrett, James R, Stevenson, Peter, Webb, Andy, White, Davie
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2009
• Subjects: Antarctic; Amundsen Sea; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Pine Island Glacier; Breaker; Jagged; Antarc*; British Antarctic Survey; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/66414/; https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/66414/1/Oceans2009_Autosub3_McPhail.pdf; http://www.oceans09ieeebremen.org/

On 31st January 2009, two numbers: “range and bearing” flashing up on a laptop screen, indicated that Autosub3 had returned from its last mission beneath the Pine Island Glacier (PIG) Ice Shelf in the Western Antarctic. The Autosub technical team from NOCS, Southampton, onboard the US ice breaker Na...