MERTZ GLACIER CALVING PROVIDES SCIENTIFIC OPPORTUNITIES.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Pyper, Wendy; Rintoul, Steve; Tilbrook, Bronte; Van Wijk, Esmee
- Source
- Australian Antarctic Magazine; 2011, Issue 20, p1-4, 4p
- Subject
- ANTARCTIC glaciers
SCIENTISTS
POLYNYAS
SEA ice
DEEP-sea moorings
ICE calving
- Language
- ISSN
- 14451735
The article focuses on a study by the team of scientists assembled by the Australian Antarctic Division on the environment of Mertz Glacier in the Antarctica. It says that the scientists have been studying the polynya, an area within the sea ice remains free of ice despite of the depths of winter. It states that the team used three moorings to measure the outflow of water from Mertz polynya. The scientists found that cause of the geographic changes in the region was the tongue calving.