Olstad Glacier () is a heavily crevassed
glacier
A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its Ablation#Glaciology, ablation over many years, often Century, centuries. It acquires dis ...
descending to the west coast of
Peter I Island
Peter I Island ( no, Peter I Øy) is an uninhabited volcanic island in the Bellingshausen Sea, from continental Antarctica. It is claimed as a dependency of Norway and, along with Bouvet Island and Queen Maud Land, composes one of the three No ...
about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of
Tofte Glacier
Tofte Glacier is a glacier immediately south of Sandefjord Cove on the west side of Peter I Island
Peter I Island ( no, Peter I Øy) is an uninhabited volcanic island in the Bellingshausen Sea, from continental Antarctica. It is claimed as a d ...
. Peter I Island was circumnavigated by the Norwegian whale catcher ''
Odd I
''Odd I'' was a Norwegian whaler, launched in 1912 as ''Dominion II''. She was renamed ''Odd I'' in 1921 and retained that name until 1963 when she became ''Annstein'', except for a period during World War II when she served as a ''Vorpostenboot ...
'' in January 1927 and was explored from the ''Norvegia'' in February 1929.
The glacier is named for
Ola Olstad, Norwegian zoologist who, transported by various whaling ships, conducted research in
South Georgia
South Georgia ( es, Isla San Pedro) is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around east of the Falkland Islands. Stretching in the east†...
,
South Shetland Islands and
Palmer Archipelago in 1927–28. Olstad partook in the first expedition to land on Peter I Island, the second Norvegia expedition, in February 1929.
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See also
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List of glaciers in the Antarctic
There are many glaciers in the Antarctic. This set of lists does not include ice sheets, ice caps or ice fields, such as the Antarctic ice sheet, but includes glacial features that are defined by their flow, rather than general bodies of ice. Th ...
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Glaciology
References
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Glaciers of Antarctica
Peter I Island
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