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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Kamb Ice Stream
Kamb Ice Stream (82°15′S 145°00′W / 82.250°S 145.000°W / -82.250; -145.000), a glaciological feature of the Ross Ice Shelf of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, formerly known as Ice Stream C, the ice stream was renamed in 2001 in honor of Caltech Glaciologist Dr. Barclay Kamb. Its margins were the focus of a sequence of scientific borehole expeditions in 2019 and 2021 where a New Zealand team melted their way through the ice to sample the oceanographic conditions below.

The view beneath the ice of the Kamb Ice Stream where it meets the Ross Ice Shelf, looking at the ice underside.

Sources

  1. ^ Babcock, Michelle (28 January 2020). "First look under Thwaites Glacier and Kamb Ice Stream – Planetary Habitability and Technology Lab". eas.gatech.edu. School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Tech. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  2. ^ Horgan, Huw Joseph; Stevens, Craig (10 February 2022). "Exploring Antarctica's hidden under-ice rivers and their role in future sea-level rise". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 11 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
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