The bergs, driven towards the lake outlet by katabatic winds, become stranded as they move into shallower waters. |
January 4th, 2010: The team leaves the camp at Balchen Fjella under strong katabatic winds. |
This sea breeze tends to die down in the mid-evening and by midnight the northeasterly katabatic wind will have re-asserted itself. |
The most extreme type of katabatic wind is found in the Antarctic where cold gusts of wind surge across the polar ice caps. |
West of this location, winds and turbulence diminish rapidly except for extreme katabatic winds on sunny summer evenings. |
The huts must stand up to the monster katabatic winds that reach up to 300 kph. |