Kamb Ice Stream

{{Short description|Glaciological area in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica}}thumb|The view beneath the ice of the Kamb Ice Stream where it meets the Ross Ice Shelf, looking at the ice underside.{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}

'''Kamb Ice Stream''' ({{coord|82|15|S|145|00|W|type:glacier_region:AQ|display=inline,title}}), a glaciological feature of the Ross Ice Shelf of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet,<ref name="Babcock">{{cite web |url=https://schmidt.eas.gatech.edu/2019-field/firstlookunderthwaitesglacier/ |title=First look under Thwaites Glacier and Kamb Ice Stream – Planetary Habitability and Technology Lab |last1=Babcock |first1=Michelle |date=28 January 2020 |website=eas.gatech.edu |publisher=School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Tech |accessdate=June 27, 2022 |archive-date=31 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131014312/https://schmidt.eas.gatech.edu/2019-field/firstlookunderthwaitesglacier/ |url-status=live }}</ref> formerly known as '''Ice Stream C''', the ice stream was renamed in 2001 in honor of Caltech Glaciologist Dr. Barclay Kamb. Its margins were the focus of a sequence of scientific borehole expeditions in 2019 and 2021 where a New Zealand team melted their way through the ice to sample the oceanographic conditions below.<ref name="Horgan-Stevens">{{cite web |url=https://theconversation.com/exploring-antarcticas-hidden-under-ice-rivers-and-their-role-in-future-sea-level-rise-176456 |title=Exploring Antarctica's hidden under-ice rivers and their role in future sea-level rise |last1=Horgan |first1=Huw Joseph |last2=Stevens |first2=Craig |date=10 February 2022 |website= |publisher=The Conversation |accessdate=27 June 2022 |archive-date=11 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611010903/https://theconversation.com/exploring-antarcticas-hidden-under-ice-rivers-and-their-role-in-future-sea-level-rise-176456 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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Category:Ice streams of Marie Byrd Land