On the extraordinary snow on the sea ice off East Antarctica in late winter, 2012

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Toyota, T, Massom, R, Lecomte, O, Nomura, D, Heil, P, Tamura, T, Fraser, AD
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd 2016
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; Glaciology; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Wilkes Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; aurora australis; ice core; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.02.003; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/108007

In late winter-early spring 2012, the second Sea Ice Physics and Ecosystems Experiment (SIPEX II) wasconducted off Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, onboard R/V Aurora Australis. The sea-ice conditions werecharacterized by significantly thick first-year ice and snow, trapping the ship for about 10 days...