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

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 • Apr. 18, 2024

"Our work provides robust new evidence that glacier retreat in the Amundsen Sea was initiated in the mid-twentieth century, likely associated with climate variability," the scientists write in their paper.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2024

"But in a lot of other places, and certainly in their sector around the Amundsen Sea where the thinning is completely pervasive now - you didn't see that happening until the 1990s."

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2024

The two icebreakers will also conduct environmental surveys in the Prydez Bay, the Astronaut Sea in southeast Antarctic, and in the Ross Sea and Amundsen Sea in the west.

From Reuters • Nov. 1, 2023

This study presents sobering future projections of Amundsen Sea ice-shelf melting but does not undermine the importance of mitigation in limiting the impacts of climate change.

From Science Daily • Oct. 23, 2023