Ka cika wannan magana: Kyaftin Robert Falcon Scott, shugaban British National Antarctic Expedition (BrNAE) (1901-1904), ya gano Drygalski Ice Tongue a watan Janairu 1902 kuma ya kira shi bayan Farfesa Erich von Drygalski, wani mai binciken Jamus na zamani a lokacin a Antarctica. An kira glacier da ke ciyar da harshen kankara bayan Edgeworth David. David da Douglas Mawson sun haye harshen kankara a cikin 1908/09 a matsayin wani ɓangare na
Ƙungiyar Nimrod. Sunan Drygalski Ice Tongue ba sabon abu bane kamar yadda yanzu ya zama ruwan dare a ba da suna iri ɗaya ga glacier da harshen glacier kuma a koma ga fadada teku a matsayin harshen glacier.