Evans Ice Stream

The Evans Ice Stream is a large ice stream draining from Ellsworth Land, between Cape Zumberge and Fowler Ice Rise, into the western part of the Ronne Ice Shelf. Mills Glacier flows adjacently into the ice stream from the southwest side.[1] The feature was recorded on February 5, 1974 in Landsat imagery. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Stanley Evans, a British physicist who, starting in 1961, developed apparatus for radio echo sounding of icecaps and glaciers from aircraft; he carried out upper atmosphere research at Brunt Ice Shelf, 1956–57.[2]

Evans Ice Stream
Location of Evans Ice Stream in Antarctica
Typeice stream
LocationEllsworth Land
Coordinates76°00′S 78°00′W
Thicknessunknown
TerminusFilchner-Ronne Ice Shelf
Statusunknown

See also

Further reading
• Ashmore, David & Bingham, Robert G & Hindmarsh, Richard. (2012), Mapping in situ radar absorption within Evans Ice Stream, West Antarctic, Annals of Glaciology, 67, 29-38, doi: 10.3189/2014AoG67A052.
• C.J. van der Veen, Johannes Oerlemans, Dynamics of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet: Proceedings of a Workshop held in Utrecht, May 6 - 8, 1985, PP 59, 71
• Ute Christina Herzfeld, Atlas of Antarctica: Topographic Maps from Geostatistical Analysis of Satellite Radar Altimeter Data, P 201
• Sykes, H.J., Murray, T., Luckman, A., The grounding zone of the Evans Ice Stream, Antarctica, investigated using SAR interferometry and modelling, Annals Glaciol., 50(52), 35-40, 2009, DOI (Published version): 10.3189/172756409789624292

References
  1. "Obituaries (William James Mills)". Retrieved 2012-03-06.
  2. "Evans Ice Stream". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-03-06.

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