LAKE-ICE BLISTERS, TERRA NOVA BAY AREA, NORTHERN VICTORIA LAND, ANTARCTICA

• Published in: Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography
• Main Authors: GUGLIELMIN, MAURO, Lewkowicz AG, French HM, Strini A.
• Other Authors: Guglielmin, Mauro, Lewkowicz, Ag, French, Hm, Strini, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: lake-ice blister; icing blister; seasonal frost mound; permafrost; ice-covered lakes; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Victoria Land; Terra Nova Bay; Winter Lake; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11383/1715006; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0459.2009.00357.x

Ice blisters, typically 0.2-0.8 m high and 5-20 m long, develop annually on perennially frozen lakes in Northern Victoria Land. They are believed to be caused by hydrostatic pressures generated through progressive freezing of solute-rich water beneath the lake-ice cover during winter. Lake-ice blist...