Lake Fryxell [SEP] continent
Lake Fryxell
Lake Fryxell is a frozen lake long, between Canada Glacier and Commonwealth Glaciers at the lower end of Taylor Valley in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped in the early 1900s and named during Operation Deep Freeze in the 1950s. There are several forms of algae living in the waters and a weather station located at the lake.
Geography.
Lake Fryxell is deep, making it so the deepest portion of the lake is below sea level. The lake is dammed by Canada Glacier, making it so
area surrounding the valley is equivalent to about of rain a year and a mean annual temperature of with summer temperatures getting above freezing.
Lake Fryxell Camp.
Mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott, 1910–13, the lake was visited by Professor T.L. Péwé during Operation Deep Freeze, 1957–58, who named it for Dr. Fritiof M. Fryxell, glacial geologist of Augustana College, Illinois.
Lake Fryxell is a focus of scientific research and contains a semi-permanent camp containing four labs and two other buildings.