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Whillans Ice Stream
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Formerly "Ice Stream B" · Siple Coast is my home · I have cool (subglacial) lakes · Streamer
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Finally arrived at #AGU24 ... where is everyone? 🙂
Me, the great and wonderful whillans ice stream at AGU24 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abm3301
December 14, 2024 at 7:59 PM
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But then Kamb lost their basal water lubrication, bringing them to (essentially) a grinding halt. /4
Ice velocity of the Siple Coast from AntarcticGlaciers.org. Ice Stream C (Kamb) moves very slowly compared to the neighboring ice streams. I also look really good in this picture.
November 23, 2024 at 5:51 AM
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Ice streams come and ice streams go. My neighbor, Kamb ice stream, has been stagnant for a very long time. 🧵 ⚒️ 🥼❄️
A very nerdy meme showing a radar profile of the Kamb ice stream that indicates the presence of buried crevasses. Below, is Peter Parker sayin "how'd that get in there?" from Spider-Man 2
November 23, 2024 at 5:51 AM
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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 :(
A bunch of satellite images of Antarctica squished together to reveal the entire continent. There is an arrow that points to the Siple Coast (my home) which is on the West Antarctic side of the Ross Sea. Remote sensing is one of those things scientists do to observe Antarctica from above. This image wouldn't exist without remote sensing. Otherwise, I would have to hand-draw picture of Antarctica; which would be bad for everyone because I don't have any hands.
February 20, 2024 at 5:11 PM