East Antarctic landfast sea-ice distribution and variability

• Main Author: Fraser, AD
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: glaciology; remote-sensing; landfast sea ice; fast ice; Antartica; Antarctic; The Antarctic; East Antarctica; Pacific; Indian; Weddell; Soi; Antarc*; Antarctica; antartic*; Emperor penguins; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelves; Iceberg*; Sea ice; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/11746/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/11746/1/fraser-pdf.pdf

Landfast sea ice (sea ice which is held fast to the coast or grounded icebergs, also known as fast ice) is a pre-eminent feature of the Antarctic coastal zone, where it forms an important interface between the ice sheet and pack ice/ocean to exert a major influence on high-latitude atmosphere-ocean...