Ross Ice Shelf

noun

1. an ice barrier filling the S part of the Ross Sea.

Ross Ice Shelf

noun

1. the ice shelf forming the S part of the Ross Sea, between Victoria Land and Byrd Land Also calledRoss BarrierRoss Shelf Ice

Example Sentences

In 1911, during the race to the South Pole with Robert Scott, Amundsen chose to set up a base camp on a rise—a seemingly stable spot on the floating Ross Ice Shelf that he correctly guessed was grounded.

From Science Magazine

In 2019, using the remotely operated Icefin robot, Schmidt's team observed ice pumping inside a crevasse beneath Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf.

From Science Daily

They found that ice-ocean interactions on Europa may be similar to those observed beneath the Ross Ice Shelf -- evidence that such regions may be some of the most Earth-like on alien worlds, said Justin Lawrence, a visiting scholar at the Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science and a program manager at Honeybee Robotics.

From Science Daily

Antarctica’s largest ice shelf, the Ross Ice Shelf, is about the size of France.

From NewsForKids.net

Fifty of us, dressed in red parkas, bunny boots and ski goggles, stepped onto the Ross Ice Shelf at 77.51 degrees south latitude.

From Salon