Institute Ice Stream

The Institute Ice Stream is an ice stream flowing north into the Ronne [Ice Shelf], Antarctica, southeast of Hercules Inlet. The feature was traversed by the United States Antarctic [Research Program] Ellsworth–Byrd Seismic Party, 1958–59, and the USARP – University of Wisconsin Seismic Party, 1963–64. It was delineated by the Scott [Polar Research Institute] – National Science Foundation – Technical University of Denmark airborne radio echo sounding program, 1967–79, and in association with Foundation Ice Stream and Support Force Glacier, named after the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, England.