X-Nico

6 unusual facts about Antarctic ice sheet


Askaryan Radio Array

It measures the enhanced radio-frequency radiation emitted during the interaction of the neutrino in Antarctic ice sheet.

Cordilleran Ice Sheet

At its eastern end the Cordilleran ice sheet merged with the Laurentide ice sheet at the Continental Divide, forming an area of ice that contained one and a half times as much water as the Antarctic ice sheet does today.

Earthsearch II

When rejected by the suspicious humans, the Angels resort to sabotage on a planetary scale, using terraforming equipment from the Challenger to melt Paradise's polar ice caps and thus raise the sea level in an attempt to get their former crew to rejoin them on the ship.

ICESat

It provides topography and vegetation data around the globe, in addition to the polar-specific coverage over the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets.

IPCC Fifth Assessment Report

It can be said with high confidence that the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have been losing mass in the last two decades and that Arctic sea ice and Northern Hemisphere spring snow cover have continued to decrease in extent.

Scotia Plate

The thermal isolation of Antarctica and formation of the Antarctic ice sheet has largely been attributed to the opening of the Drake Passage.



see also

Whillans

The Whillans Ice Stream, a glaciological feature of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.