Antarctic Research:

I (Dr. Eric Hiatt) am part of a team of geologists headed by Dr. Kathy Licht of IUPUI, Dr. Lang Farmer of the University of Colorado, Dr. John Goodge, of the University of Minnesota-Duluth, Mountaineer Peter Braddock, Dr. Jeff Swope of IUPUI, and graduate students Kate Kramer and Emerson Palmer both of IUPUI, and Devon Brecke at University of Minnesota-Duluth. Our research seeks to delineate the sources of sediment being transported into the Ross Sea. Our work will add to knowledge about the bedrock geology under the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, which currently is poorly understood. We also are trying to determine the relative roles glaciers from the East Antarctic sheet play, vs. those of the West Antarctic Ice sheet, in building the Ross Ice Shelf; this will provide constraints on glacial flow path computer models. Understanding the Ross Ice Shelf is important because with current rates of sea level rise and global climate change, it has the potential to collapse and release large amounts of fresh water to the surface oceans.

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PHOTOS:
• Fieldwork
• Antarctica Wildlife
• McMurdo Station
• Snow and Crevasse Schools
• Landscapes around McMurdo



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