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Whillans Ice Stream (83°40′S 145°00′W / 83.667°S 145.000°W / -83.667; -145.000) is a glaciological feature of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, formerly known as Ice Stream B, renamed in 2001 in honor of Ohio State University glaciologist Ian Whillans.[1]

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Whillans Ice Stream

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formerly known as Ice Stream B, renamed in 2001 in honor of Ohio State University glaciologist Ian Whillans. Whillans Ice Stream is one of about a half-dozen...

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Whillans

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Whillans may refer to: Don Whillans (1933–1985), British rock climber and mountaineer. Ken Whillans (1927–1990), Canadian politician and mayor of Brampton...

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Lake Whillans

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Lake Whillans is a subglacial lake in Antarctica. The lake is located under the Whillans Ice Stream at the southeastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf in...

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Harrison Ice Ridge

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investigator of ice flow dynamics in the margin of the nearby Whillans Ice Stream, 1992–93 and 1993–94, and at Siple Dome, 2001–02. "Harrison Ice Ridge". Geographic...

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Engelhardt Ice Ridge

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Ice Ridge (83°20′S 146°0′W / 83.333°S 146.000°W / -83.333; -146.000) is an ice ridge between Whillans Ice Stream and Kamb Ice Stream (formerly Ice...

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Mercer Ice Stream

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Ice Stream (84°50′S 145°00′W / 84.833°S 145.000°W / -84.833; -145.000), formerly Ice Stream A, flows west to Gould Coast to the south of Whillans Ice...

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Marie Byrd Land

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seven ice streams that drain into the Ross Ice Shelf, the Bindschadler and Whillans ice streams are the most extensive. The seven ice streams discharge...

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Conway Ice Ridge

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Conway Ice Ridge is an ice ridge between Whillans Ice Stream and Mercer Ice Stream on the Gould Coast, Marie Byrd Land. It was named by the Advisory Committee...

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Van der Veen Ice Stream

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Ice Stream (83°50′S 130°00′W / 83.833°S 130.000°W / -83.833; -130.000), formerly Ice Stream B1, is a large southeastern tributary to the Whillans Ice...

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Subglacial lake

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January 2013, the US-led Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling (WISSARD) expedition measured and sampled Lake Whillans in West Antarctica...

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Shabtaie Ice Ridge

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glaciogeophysical survey of the nearby Mercer, Whillans and Kamb Ice Streams (formerly Ice Streams A, B and C) and the intervening ice ridges.  This article incorporates...

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Glacial earthquake

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generated by the Whillans Ice Stream, a large, fast-moving river of ice pouring from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet into the Ross Ice Shelf. Scientists...

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List of Antarctic ice streams

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a list of Antarctic ice streams. A complete list of Antarctic ice streams is not available. Names and locations of Antarctic ice features, including those...

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Helen Fricker

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of active ice shelf rifts, which eventually lead to iceberg calving. Fricker was one of the primary investigators on the Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial...

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West Antarctic Ice Sheet

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ISSN 2156-2202. Van Der Veen, C. J.; Whillans, I. M. (1993). "New and improved determinations of velocity of Ice Streams B and C, West Antarctica". Journal...

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Robert Bindschadler

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Reports Server "Possible Stick-Slip Mechanism for Whillans Ice Stream". 1993, NASA Technical Reports Server "Ice measurements by Geosat radar altimetry", 1997...

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Erebus Glacier Tongue

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Newcastle; Newcastle upon Tyne, England; made similar observations of Whillan's Ice Stream in Antarctica. However, more established research unrelated to lunar...

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Valley

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valleys may have been created or enlarged during ice ages but now are ice-free and occupied by streams or rivers. In desert areas, valleys may be entirely...

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Willis Ridge

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Colorado), including research at Siple Dome and the Whillans, Bindschadler and MacAyeal Ice Streams. Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston...

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List of lakes

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the ice of Antarctica. Basalt Lake Lake Brownworth Don Juan Pond Parochlus Lake Penny Lake Lake Pewe Lake Vanda Lake Vida Lake Vostok Lake Whillans Pangong...

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1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition

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South Face expedition involved Haston as well as such climbers as Don Whillans, Mick Burke, Nick Estcourt, Martin Boysen and Ian Clough (Clough was killed...

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Western Norway

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Bibcode:1992Geomo...5..511N. doi:10.1016/0169-555X(92)90022-G. Nesje, A.; Whillans, I.M. (1994). "Erosion of the Sognefjord, Norway". Geomorphology. 9 (1):...

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West Antarctic Rift System

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ISSN 2156-2202. Veen, C. J. Van Der; Whillans, I. M. (1993). "New and improved determinations of velocity of Ice Streams B and C, West Antarctica". Journal...

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Habitat

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life forms. There are bacteria, for example, living in Lake Whillans, half a mile below the ice of Antarctica; in the absence of sunlight, they must rely...

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2021 in science

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Joachim H.; Taxer, Jamie; Trope, Yaacov; Ungar, Lyle; Volpp, Kevin G.; Whillans, Ashley; Zinman, Jonathan; Duckworth, Angela L. (December 2021). "Megastudies...

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List of Antarctic subglacial lakes

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Blankenship et al. (2009), Mercer Ice Stream PPT-8 -84.974 -141.811 4000 1801 Blankenship et al. (2009), Mercer Ice Stream PPT-9 -84.900 -150.786 4000 1094...

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