The sensitivity of Cook Glacier, East Antarctica, to changes in ice-shelf extent and grounding-line position

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Jordan, Jim, Gudmundsson, Hilmar, Jenkins, Adrian, Stokes, Chris R., Miles, Bertie W. J., Jamieson, Stewart S. R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2022
• Subjects: F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences; Cook Glacier; East Antarctica; Wilkes Subglacial Basin; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/47114/; https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.106; https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/47114/8/the-sensitivity-of-cook-glacier-east-antarctica-to-changes-in-ice-shelf-extent-and-grounding-line-position.pdf; https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/47114/1/the-sensitivity-of-cook-glacier-east-antarctica-to-changes-in-ice-shelf-extent-and-grounding-line-position.pdf

The Wilkes Subglacial Basin in East Antarctica contains ice equivalent to 3–4 m of global mean sea level rise and is primarily drained by Cook Glacier. Of concern is that recent observations (since the 1970s) show an acceleration in ice speed over the grounding line of both the Eastern and Western p...