Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Exploration of the Ocean Cavity Beneath an Antarctic Ice Shelf

• Published in: Oceanography
• Main Authors: Jenkins, Adrian, Dutrieux, Pierre, Jacobs, Stan, McPhail, Steve, Perrett, James, Webb, Andy, White, Dave
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oceanography Society 2012
• Subjects: F700 Ocean Sciences; F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences; Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Pine Island Glacier; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/46006/; https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2012.95; https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/46006/1/25-3_jenkins.pdf

In recent years, mass loss from the Antarctic Ice Sheet has contributed nearly 0.5 mm yr–1 to global mean sea level rise, about one-sixth of the current rate (Church et al., 2011). Around half of that contribution has come from accelerated draining of outlet glaciers into the southeast Amundsen Sea...