Subglacial Gamburtsev Mountains Revealed at IPY Oslo Science Conference
14.06.2010 - Land & Geology, Ice & Snow, Antarctic
Scientists at the IPY Oslo Science Conference revealed new images of the Gamburtsev Mountain Range of Antarctica. The images, the result of radar technology, reveal a landscape of steep summits, deep valleys, and liquid lakes. The range itself rivals the Alps in size. While previous imagery of the mountain range was based on gravity data, these images show the subglacial range in greater detail.
In 2009, an international team of scientists flew a light twin-engine aircraft over incredibly long distances and established a network of seismic instruments across a wide area. The images, obtained in the context of the AGAP project, show the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains in East Antarctica in greater detail. The range was first discovered by the Third Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1958 and is named for Soviet geophysicist Grigoriy A. Gamburtsev.
