The Blue ice covering Lake Fryxell, in the Transantarctic Mountains, comes from glacial meltwater from the Canada Glacier and other smaller glaciers. The fresh water stays on top of the lake and freezes, sealing in briny water below.

The Transantarctic Mountains (85°00′S 175°00′W) are a mountain range in Antarctica which extend with some interruptions between Cape Adare and Coats Land, these mountains serving as the division between East Antarctica and West Antarctica. Included are the continuous but separately named mountain groups along the west side of the Ross Sea and the western and southern sides of Ross Ice Shelf; also the Horlick Mountains, the Thiel Mountains, Pensacola Mountains, Shackleton Range and Theron Mountains. Download high resolution version (1950x1354, 731 KB)The blue ice covering Lake Fryxell, in the Transantarctic Mountains, comes from glacial meltwater from the Canada Glacier and other smaller glaciers. ... Download high resolution version (1950x1354, 731 KB)The blue ice covering Lake Fryxell, in the Transantarctic Mountains, comes from glacial meltwater from the Canada Glacier and other smaller glaciers. ... Blue ice occurs when snow falls on a glaciar, is compressed, and becomes part of a glacier that winds its way toward a body of water (river, lake, ocean, etc. ... Lake Fryxell (77º37´S 163º11´E) is a lake 4. ... Aletsch glacier, Switzerland A glacier is a large, long-lasting river of ice that is formed on land and moves in response to gravity. ... The Canada Glacier is a small glacier flowing southeast into the northern side of Taylor Valley immediately west of Lake Fryxell, in Victoria Land. ... The most general definition of a mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands. ... Map of Antarctica Coats Land is a region in Antarctica which lies westward of Queen Maud Land and forms the eastern shore of the Weddell Sea, extending in a general northeast-southwest direction between 20º00´W and 36º00´W. The northeast part was discovered from the Scotia by... Map of Antarctica (click to enlarge) Ice in the Ross Sea, Antarctica The Ross Sea is a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land. ... Ross Ice Shelf in 1997 Ross Ice Shelf with Royal Society Range in the background, 1999 (NOAA) The Ross Ice Shelf (81°30′S 175°00′W) is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (an area of half a million square kilometres, and about 800 km across: about the size... The Horlick Mountains (85º23´S 121º00´W) is a mountain range in the Transantarctic Mountains of Antarctica, lying eastward of Reedy Glacier and including the Wisconsin Range, Long Hills and Ohio Range. ... The Thiel Mountains (85º15´S 091º00´W) in Antarctica is an isolated, mainly snow-capped mountain range, 72 km (45 mi) long, located roughly between the Horlick Mountains and the Pensacola Mountains and extending from Moulton Escarpment on the west to Nolan Pillar on the east. ... The Pensacola Mountains in Antartica are a large group of mountain ranges and peaks, extending 450 km (280 mi) in a NE-SW direction, comprising the Argentina Range, Forrestal Range, Dufek Massif, Cordiner Peaks, Neptune Range, Patuxent Range, Rambo Nunataks and Pecora Escarpment. ... The Shackleton Range (80º30´S 025º00´W) is a mountain range rising to 1,875 m (6,150 ft), extending in an east-west direction for about 160 km (100 mi) between the Slessor and Recovery glaciers. ... The Theron Mountains (79º05´S 028º15´W) are a group of mountains, extending in a NE-SW direction for 45 km (28 mi) and rising to 1,175 m (3,855 ft), on the eastern side of the Filchner Ice Shelf. ...

This purely descriptive name was recommended by the US-ACAN in 1962 and has since gained international acceptance. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica. ...

External links

• Tectonics of the Transantarctic Mountains
• Transantarctic Mountains at Peakbagger.com