The Stability of the Drygalski Ice Tongue

• Main Author: Indrigo, Christine
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Waterloo 2020
• Subjects: Glaciology; Ice tongues; Subglacial hydrology; Remote sensing; Numerical modelling; Antarctica; Hydrologic models; Subglacial lakes; Aerial exploration; Antarctic; Buttress; David Glacier; Drygalski; Drygalski Ice Tongue; East Antarctica; Ross Sea; Terra Nova Bay; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/15585

Antarctica has the potential to contribute to sea-level rise by up to 58 m if it were to entirely melt. The Antarctic Ice Sheet is fringed by floating ice in the form of ice shelves and ice tongues, which help to buttress and slow the flow of grounded ice into the ocean. Monitoring the stability of...