Ellsworth Subglacial Lake, West Antarctica:A review of its history and recent field campaigns

• Main Authors: Ross, N., Siegert, M. J., Rivera, A., Bentley, M. J., Blake, D., Capper, L., Clarke, R., Cockell, C. S., Corr, H. F.J., Harris, W., Hill, C., Hindmarsh, R. C.A., Hodgson, D. A., King, E. C., Lamb, H., Maher, B., Makinson, K., Mowlem, M., Parnell, J., Pearce, D. A., Priscu, J., Smith, A. M., Tait, A., Tranter, M., Wadham, J. L., Whalley, W. B., Woodward, J.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2011
• Subjects: Antarctic; Ellsworth Subglacial Highlands; Ellsworth Subglacial Lake; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/135740/; https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118670354.ch13

Ellsworth Subglacial Lake, first observed in airborne radio echo sounding data acquired in 1978, is located within a long, deep subglacial trough within the Ellsworth Subglacial Highlands of West Antarctica. Geophysical surveys have characterized the lake, its subglacial catchment, and the thickness...