Strom Glacier () is a steep valley glacier flowing northeast from the north side of Mount Fridtjof Nansen to the head of the

Ross Ice Shelf The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (, an area of roughly and about across: about the size of France). It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than long, and between high ...

, flanked on the northwest by the Duncan Mountains and on the southeast by the Herbert Range.

Name

The glacier derives its name from "Strom Camp" near its foot, occupied during December 1929 by the

Byrd Antarctic Expedition Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an United States Navy, American naval officer, and pioneering aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and e ...

geological party under Gould. Strom Camp was named by that party for Sverre Strom, first mate of the ship ''City of New York'', who remained ashore as a member of the winter party and headed the snowmobile party which hauled supplies in support of the two field parties.

Route

The Strom Glacier forms to the north of the Herbert Range. Webster Knob is above its head, at the end of

Barracouta Ridge The Herbert Range () is a range in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica, extending from the edge of the Antarctic Plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf between the Axel Heiberg Glacier and Strom Glacier. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Co ...

. It flows northeast past the Duncan Mountains to its north. The Cohen Glacier enters the Strom Glacier from its right. The Strom Glacier passes LaForrest Rock to its west before entering the Ross Ice Shelf to the northwest of the

Axel Heiberg Glacier The Axel Heiberg Glacier () in Antarctica is a valley glacier, long, descending from the high elevations of the Antarctic Plateau into the Ross Ice Shelf (nearly at sea level) between the Herbert Range and Mount Don Pedro Christophersen in the Q ...

Features

Webster Knob

. A prominent rock knob at the head of Strom Glacier. It stands near the extremity of a spur which descends from the northeast shoulder of Mount Fridtjof Nansen. Discovered and visited in November 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Laurence Gould. Named by Byrd for Mrs. Laurence J. Webster, a contributor to the expedition.

Cohen Glacier

. A small glacier draining northward from Mount Cohen of the Herbert Range to enter Strom Glacier near the head of Ross Ice Shelf. Named by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1963-64, in association with Mount Cohen.

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