Current campaigns

Université Libre de Bruxelles - Glaciology Unit of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Frank Pattyn

Antarctica New Zealand - K064 event

Antarctic
Polar Zone: Zone: Minna Bluff, Mount Discovery - Ross Ice Shelf margin
Begin date: 6 January 2007 – end date: 10 February 2007

• Title: Ice sheet/Ice shelf interactions: Radio-echo sounding of sedimentary structures and marine ice drilling
• Summary: Study of glacial moraine dynamics at Minna Bluff (Mt Discovery) using multifrequency ice radar; identification of basal ice layers of marine origin; ice drilling at ice shelf margin to characterize marine ice formation processes. This research is a contribution to ASPI: Antarctic Subglacial Processes and Interactions.
• Scientific leader: dr. Sean Fitzsimons (University of Otago,Dunedin, New Zealand)
• Vessel: RV Aurora Australis

Belgian projects

Project: ASPI

Participant: Frank Pattyn