Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te Nansen Ice Sheet (), ko Nansen Ice Shelf ranei, he papa hukapapa. Ka whangaihia e nga Priestley me Reeves Glaciers me te taha ki te raki o te Drygalski Ice Tongue, i te takutai o Victoria Land, Antarctica. I tirotirohia tēnei āhuatanga e te rōpū Polar Magnetic South o te
British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09 me te taha ki te Raki o te British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13. Ko Frank Debenham, he tohunga whenua i te haerenga whakamutunga, i tapaina te ingoa Nansen Sheet na te mea e tata ana te ahuatanga ki te Maunga Nansen, te tihi rangatira o te rohe.