Discovery of lake in Antarctic
An unmapped lake has been discovered by a New Zealand field party in the Dry Valleys region of the Trans Antarctic Mountain Range, west of Scott Base.
The lake, 3 kilometres long and covered by ice, is near the Miller Glacier in the Upper Victoria Valley, about 136 kilometres northwest of Scott Base.
It was found by a Ministry of Works hydrology and glaciology team, led by Mr T. Chinn, of Christchurch.
Mr Chinn said that the structure of the ice on the lake indicated that it melted each summer.
His party — the first into the field this season — is traversing the Dry Valleys on an annual survey of glaciers, lakes, and rivers.
The levels of the nine' lakes and the mass balance of a number of glaciers are to be measured during the expedition. The survey is a way of keeping track of elimatic trends in the region. !
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 34021, 10 December 1975, Page 20
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