(2016), including the relatively colder temperatures extending westward from Roosevelt Island toward the
Transantarctic Mountains and the relatively warmer air on the Ross Ice Shelf near many of the major glacial valleys in the
Transantarctic Mountains.
The AP differs from the other mountain ranges by having one side attached to the high mountain plateau of Western Antarctica and the
Transantarctic mountains, which effectively blocks low-level flow from passing around the peninsula's southern end.
IT'S A DOG'S LIFE IN ANTARCTICA: EXPLORING THE
TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS BY DOG SLEDGE 1960-1962--AND BEYOND.
It's one of the world's largest valley glaciers, and it was the route that Shackleton and Scott took to pass through the
Transantarctic Mountains on their way to the South Pole.
and Gleadow, A.J.W.: 1988, Fission-track geochronology, tectonics and structure of the
Transantarctic Mountains in Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica.
The objective of the present study is to evaluate the provenance of the Patagonian basement based on the large U-Pb data-base that is available, to compare it with the
Transantarctic Mountains basement, and to incorporate the occurrences of the archeocyathids and the geological evolution of these potential areas to further constrain the possible location of Patagonia in Eastern Gondwana.
Separated from the east by the
Transantarctic Mountains, West Antarctica abuts the Pacific Ocean, and much of the region lies below sea level.
The three largest mountain ranges on the Antarctic continent are the
Transantarctic Mountains, the West and East Antarctica ranges.
The journey took her from the Ross Ice Shelf, up the Leverett Glacier and across the
Transantarctic Mountains to the continent's huge central plateau, where she battled strong headwinds for most of the way to the South Pole.
The ice sheet on Antarctica is over 4200 meters thick in some areas, covering nearly all of the land features except the
Transantarctic Mountains, which protrude above the ice.