Kamb Ice Stream

Kamb Ice Stream (82°15′S 145°00′W), a glaciological feature of the Ross Ice Shelf of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet,[1] 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.[2]

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

Sources
  1. "First look under Thwaites Glacier and Kamb Ice Stream". 28 January 2020.
  2. Horgan, H. and Stevens C. (2022) Exploring Antarctica’s hidden under-ice rivers and their role in future sea-level rise, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/exploring-antarcticas-hidden-under-ice-rivers-and-their-role-in-future-sea-level-rise-176456
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