Probe Technology for the Direct Measurement and Sampling of Ellsworth Subglacial Lake

• Main Authors: Mowlem, Matthew C., Tsaloglou, Maria Nefeli, Waugh, Edward M., Floquet, Cedric F.A., Saw, Kevin, Fowler, Lee, Brown, Robin, Pearce, David, Wyatt, James B., Beaton, Alexander D., Brito, Mario P., Hodgson, Dominic A., Griffiths, Gwyn, Bentley, M., Blake, D., Capper, L., Clarke, R., Cockell, C., Corr, H., Harris, W., Hill, C., Hindmarsh, R., King, E., Lamb, H., Maher, B., Makinson, K., Parnell, J., Priscu, J., Rivera, A., Ross, N., Siegert, M. J., Smith, A., Tait, A., Tranter, M., Wadham, J., Whalley, B., Woodward, J.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Wiley Blackwell 2013
• Subjects: Antarctic; Ellsworth Subglacial Lake; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• Online Access: https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/135739/; https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118670354.ch10

The direct measurement and sampling of Ellsworth Subglacial Lake is a multidisciplinary investigation of life in extreme environments and West Antarctic ice sheet history. The project's aims are (1) to determine whether, and in what form, microbial life exists in Antarctic subglacial lakes and...