Lambert Glacier gallery

 

Stream-lines -- courtesy Glasser, Hambrey and others.

If you ever wondered about ice flowing as a fluid medium, look no further.  This photo looks as if it might have been taken on a rough beach, with the water from a big wave draining away through gullies and channels.........

Rimington Bluff, Mawson Escarpment. with vertical and overhanging cliffs

I'm strangely fascinated by the Lambert Glacier, which feeds the Amery Ice Shelf in Antarctica. In recent years there has been a great increase in the number of excellent images of the glacier, partly because of a strong emphasis on research through the Australian Antarctic Research Programme.

This is the closest parallel in nature to the Irish Sea Ice Stream -- we have a lot to learn from it.......

Wikipedia: At about 50 miles (80 km) wide, over 250 miles (400 km) long, and about 2,500 m deep, it is the world's largest glacier. It drains 8% of the Antarctic ice sheet to the east and south of the Prince Charles Mountains and flows northward to the Amery Ice Shelf.