Amundsen Sea

American  

noun

1. an arm of the S Pacific Ocean, in W Antarctica, off the coast of Marie Byrd Land.

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Amundsen Sea British  

/ ˈɑːmʊndsən /

noun

1. a part of the South Pacific Ocean, in Antarctica off Byrd Land

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Example Sentences

In 2022, the researchers traveled aboard the now-decommissioned U.S. icebreaker, the Nathaniel B. Palmer, to the Dotson Ice Shelf in the Amundsen Sea of West Antarctica.

From Science Daily

The Amundsen Sea accounts for most of the sea level rise driven by Antarctic melting.

From Science Daily

In the Amundsen Sea, meltwater forms under floating ice shelves, which extend from glaciers on land into the ocean.

From Science Daily

Finally, oxygen isotopes in the ice are a well-established temperature proxy and could provide the first 20th century temperature record for the Amundsen Sea region.

From Science Magazine

He was there because of what lay some 130 kilometers away, across a bay from Canisteo: the gargantuan rivers of ice known as the Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers, which jut into the Amundsen Sea as frozen shelves tens of kilometers wide.

From Science Magazine