Whillans Ice Stream
@whillansicestream.bsky.social
Formerly "Ice Stream B" · Siple Coast is my home · I have cool (subglacial) lakes · Streamer
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From boulder to Beryllium. The journey of a glacially deposited #Antarctic rock destined for cosmogenic dating 🧊🪨✨.
A whole lot of time in the lab, and no small amount of geochemical wizardry 🧙♂️. The past life of a glacier waiting to be uncovered.
A whole lot of time in the lab, and no small amount of geochemical wizardry 🧙♂️. The past life of a glacier waiting to be uncovered.
December 5, 2024 at 11:43 PM
From boulder to Beryllium. The journey of a glacially deposited #Antarctic rock destined for cosmogenic dating 🧊🪨✨.
A whole lot of time in the lab, and no small amount of geochemical wizardry 🧙♂️. The past life of a glacier waiting to be uncovered.
A whole lot of time in the lab, and no small amount of geochemical wizardry 🧙♂️. The past life of a glacier waiting to be uncovered.
Reposted by Whillans Ice Stream
❄️Our mascots still need names! ❄️
🐧They’ll be doing seriously cool 😎science 🧪& we’re inviting students to help name them!
📝 Deadline extended to Dec 31
💡Get involved in real science & learn about what’s happening at the end of the Earth.
#antarctica #STEAM #scienceeducation #scienceed
🐧They’ll be doing seriously cool 😎science 🧪& we’re inviting students to help name them!
📝 Deadline extended to Dec 31
💡Get involved in real science & learn about what’s happening at the end of the Earth.
#antarctica #STEAM #scienceeducation #scienceed
December 16, 2024 at 7:00 AM
❄️Our mascots still need names! ❄️
🐧They’ll be doing seriously cool 😎science 🧪& we’re inviting students to help name them!
📝 Deadline extended to Dec 31
💡Get involved in real science & learn about what’s happening at the end of the Earth.
#antarctica #STEAM #scienceeducation #scienceed
🐧They’ll be doing seriously cool 😎science 🧪& we’re inviting students to help name them!
📝 Deadline extended to Dec 31
💡Get involved in real science & learn about what’s happening at the end of the Earth.
#antarctica #STEAM #scienceeducation #scienceed
Why does an ice stream go stagnant? ⬇️
Ice streams come and ice streams go. My neighbor, Kamb ice stream, has been stagnant for a very long time. 🧵 ⚒️ 🥼❄️
November 23, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Why does an ice stream go stagnant? ⬇️
Ice streams come and ice streams go. My neighbor, Kamb ice stream, has been stagnant for a very long time. 🧵 ⚒️ 🥼❄️
November 23, 2024 at 5:51 AM
Ice streams come and ice streams go. My neighbor, Kamb ice stream, has been stagnant for a very long time. 🧵 ⚒️ 🥼❄️
I somehow have a bunch of new followers by simply posting nothing, so hey, I'll reintroduce myself!
I'm an ice stream of West Antarctica. My emotional support ice shelf is Ross. I'm like... really fast, thanks to a bunch of water under me.
www.antarcticglaciers.org/glacier-proc...
I'm an ice stream of West Antarctica. My emotional support ice shelf is Ross. I'm like... really fast, thanks to a bunch of water under me.
www.antarcticglaciers.org/glacier-proc...
Ice Streams
What is an ice stream? Ice streams around Antarctica. Siple Coast ice streams. Ice stream structures. Ice stream geomorphology.
www.antarcticglaciers.org
November 14, 2024 at 1:25 AM
I somehow have a bunch of new followers by simply posting nothing, so hey, I'll reintroduce myself!
I'm an ice stream of West Antarctica. My emotional support ice shelf is Ross. I'm like... really fast, thanks to a bunch of water under me.
www.antarcticglaciers.org/glacier-proc...
I'm an ice stream of West Antarctica. My emotional support ice shelf is Ross. I'm like... really fast, thanks to a bunch of water under me.
www.antarcticglaciers.org/glacier-proc...
I'm still alive btw, I've just been doing glacier things you humans wouldn't understand
September 20, 2024 at 7:44 PM
I'm still alive btw, I've just been doing glacier things you humans wouldn't understand
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Beneath me there are sediments. And beneath those sediments there are more sediments. And in the pores of those sediments, there is water. That water may influence how I flow 😎 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Groundwater under Antarctica goes deep
A vast fossil seawater reservoir has been found beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
www.science.org
March 29, 2024 at 1:47 AM
Beneath me there are sediments. And beneath those sediments there are more sediments. And in the pores of those sediments, there is water. That water may influence how I flow 😎 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Beneath me there are sediments. And beneath those sediments there are more sediments. And in the pores of those sediments, there is water. That water may influence how I flow 😎 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Groundwater under Antarctica goes deep
A vast fossil seawater reservoir has been found beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
www.science.org
March 29, 2024 at 1:47 AM
Beneath me there are sediments. And beneath those sediments there are more sediments. And in the pores of those sediments, there is water. That water may influence how I flow 😎 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Sorry for the inactivity, everyone. I've been busy doing ✨glacier things✨. You humans simply wouldn't understand.
March 14, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Sorry for the inactivity, everyone. I've been busy doing ✨glacier things✨. You humans simply wouldn't understand.
In case you're wondering where exactly I live, it's right about here. It's called Siple Coast! The ice I am now made of came from the West Antarctic ice sheet, and that ice will soon become part of the Ross Ice Shelf.
I'd shout-out Ross Sea, but they don't have social media :(
I'd shout-out Ross Sea, but they don't have social media :(
February 20, 2024 at 5:11 PM
In case you're wondering where exactly I live, it's right about here. It's called Siple Coast! The ice I am now made of came from the West Antarctic ice sheet, and that ice will soon become part of the Ross Ice Shelf.
I'd shout-out Ross Sea, but they don't have social media :(
I'd shout-out Ross Sea, but they don't have social media :(
So what am I, a humble ice stream, doing on social media?
A bunch of scientists do science on me (and in the sediments of my subglacial lakes) to understand the future and past of me! (and Antarctica)!
I'm here to share that science with you all! And promote the smart people who do that science.
A bunch of scientists do science on me (and in the sediments of my subglacial lakes) to understand the future and past of me! (and Antarctica)!
I'm here to share that science with you all! And promote the smart people who do that science.
February 18, 2024 at 10:46 PM
So what am I, a humble ice stream, doing on social media?
A bunch of scientists do science on me (and in the sediments of my subglacial lakes) to understand the future and past of me! (and Antarctica)!
I'm here to share that science with you all! And promote the smart people who do that science.
A bunch of scientists do science on me (and in the sediments of my subglacial lakes) to understand the future and past of me! (and Antarctica)!
I'm here to share that science with you all! And promote the smart people who do that science.
You may be asking yourself: how can an ice stream in Antarctica use Bluesky? Like... is there even wifi in Antarctica? Well, to answer your question: none of your business. I'm here now, and I'm going to use this platform to tell my story.
....how does one get followers anyway?
....how does one get followers anyway?
February 18, 2024 at 5:16 PM
You may be asking yourself: how can an ice stream in Antarctica use Bluesky? Like... is there even wifi in Antarctica? Well, to answer your question: none of your business. I'm here now, and I'm going to use this platform to tell my story.
....how does one get followers anyway?
....how does one get followers anyway?