Preface
Martin J. Siegert, Mahlon C. Kennicutt II, and Robert A. Bindschadler vii
Section I: History and Background
Subglacial Aquatic Environments: A Focus of 21st Century Antarctic Science
Mahlon C. Kennicutt II and Martin J. Siegert 1
The Identification and Physiographical Setting of Antarctic Subglacial Lakes: An Update Based on Recent Discoveries
Andrew Wright and Martin J. Siegert 9
Antarctic Subglacial Lake Discharges
Frank Pattyn 27
Section II: Vostok Subglacial Lake and Recognition of Subglacial Aquatic Environments
Vostok Subglacial Lake: A Review of Geophysical Data Regarding Its Discovery and Topographic Setting
Martin J. Siegert, Sergey Popov, and Michael Studinger 45
Microbial Communities in Antarctic Subglacial Aquatic Environments
Mark Skidmore 61
Subglacial Lake Sediments and Sedimentary Processes: Potential Archives of Ice Sheet Evolution,
Past Environmental Change, and the Presence of Life
M. J. Bentley, P. Christoffersen, D. A. Hodgson, A. M. Smith, S. Tulaczyk, and A. M. Le Brocq 83
The Geomorphic Signature of Massive Subglacial Floods in Victoria Land, Antarctica
David R. Marchant, Stewart S. R. Jamieson, and David E. Sugden 111
Subglacial Environments and the Search for Life Beyond the Earth
Charles S. Cockell, Elizabeth Bagshaw, Matt Balme, Peter Doran, Christopher P. McKay, Katarina Miljkovic, David Pearce, Martin J. Siegert, Martyn Tranter, Mary Voytek, and Jemma Wadham 129
Section III: Future Exploration Missions
Environmental Protection and Stewardship of Subglacial Aquatic Environments
Peter T. Doran and Warwick F. Vincent 149
Probe Technology for the Direct Measurement and Sampling of Ellsworth Subglacial Lake
Matthew C. Mowlem, Maria-Nefeli Tsaloglou, Edward M. Waugh, Cedric F. A. Floquet, Kevin Saw, Lee Fowler, Robin Brown, David Pearce, James B. Wyatt, Alexander D. Beaton, Mario P. Brito, Dominic A. Hodgson, Gwyn Griffiths, M. Bentley, D. Blake, L. Capper, R. Clarke, C. Cockell, H. Corr, W. Harris, C. Hill, R. Hindmarsh, E. King, H. Lamb, B. Maher, K. Makinson, J. Parnell, J. Priscu, A. Rivera, N. Ross, M. J. Siegert, A. Smith, A. Tait, M. Tranter, J. Wadham, B. Whalley, and J. Woodward 159
Vostok Subglacial Lake: Details of Russian Plans/Activities for Drilling and Sampling
Valery Lukin and Sergey Bulat 187
Siple Coast Subglacial Aquatic Environments: The Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial
Access Research Drilling Project
Helen Amanda Fricker, Ross Powell, John Priscu, Slawek Tulaczyk, Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Brent Christner, Andrew T. Fisher, David Holland, Huw Horgan, Robert Jacobel, Jill Mikucki, Andrew Mitchell, Reed Scherer, and Jeff Severinghaus 199
Ellsworth Subglacial Lake, West Antarctica: A Review of Its History and Recent Field Campaigns
N. Ross, M. J. Siegert, A. Rivera, M. J. Bentley, D. Blake, L. Capper, R. Clarke, C. S. Cockell, H. F. J. Corr, W. Harris, C. Hill, R. C. A. Hindmarsh, D. A. Hodgson, E. C. King, H. Lamb, B. Maher, K. Makinson, M. Mowlem, J. Parnell, D. A. Pearce, J. Priscu, A. M. Smith, A. Tait, M. Tranter, J. L. Wadham, W. B. Whalley, and J. Woodward 221
AGU Category Index 235
Index 237
