Table of Contents

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

About the Author

Martin J. Siegert FRSE is a British glaciologist, a professor at Imperial College London, and co-director of the Grantham Institute - Climate Change and Environment. Mahlon C. Kennicutt II is the editor of Antarctic Subglacial Aquatic Environments, published by Wiley.