The influence of the Drygalski Ice Tongue on the local ocean

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Stevens, Craig, Sang Lee, Won, FUSCO, Giannetta, Yun, Sukyoung, Grant, Brett, Robinson, Natalie, Yeon Hwang, Chung
• Other Authors: Fusco, Giannetta
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: glacier calving; ice/ocean interaction; sea ice/ice shelf interaction; Earth-Surface Processes; Ross Sea; Victoria Land; Terra Nova Bay; Drygalski; Drygalski Ice Tongue; Annals of Glaciology; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11367/63662; https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2017.4; https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/annals-of-glaciology/all-issues

The Drygalski Ice Tongue presents an âˆ1⁄480 km long floating obstacle to alongshore flows in the Victoria Land coastal ocean region of the Western Ross Sea. Here we use oceanographic data from near to the tongue to explore the interplay between the floating glacier and the local currents and strat...