2019 in Antarctica

Events

June

• Gaping holes found winter ice packs, which previously had been without explanation is found to most likely be caused by storms and salt with new research.

July

• Scientists from the University College London and the British Antarctic Survey discover that a snow covered volcano on Mount Michael on Saunders Island in the South Sandwich Islands contains a lake of lava within its crater. It is only the eighth lake of molten rock found on Earth so far.

Climate

• A 100 mile long iceberg called A-68, which broke off of the Larsen C Ice Shelf on July 12, 2017, has drifted 155 miles from the ice shelf during the first two years of it breaking off.