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

• Main Authors: Ross, Neil, Siegert, Martin, Rivera, Andrés, Bentley, Michael, Blake, David, Capper, Linda, Clarke, Rachel, Cockell, Charles, Corr, Hugh, Harris, W., Hill, Christopher, Hindmarsh, Richard, Hodgson, Dominic, King, Edward, Lamb, Henry, Maher, Barbara, Makinson, Keith, Mowlem, Matt, Parnell, John, Priscu, John, Pearce, David, Smith, Andrew, Tait, Andrew, Tranter, Martyn, Wadham, Jemma, Whalley, Brian, Woodward, John
• Other Authors: Kennicutt, Mahlon, Bindschadler, R. A.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2011
• Subjects: F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences; Antarctic; West Antarctica; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Ellsworth Subglacial Lake; Ellsworth Subglacial Highlands; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/7073/; https://doi.org/10.1029/2010GM000936

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...