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Presents the preliminary results of seismic analysis concerning the late Quaternary glacial history of Ross Sea in Antarctica, as of December 1995. Concerns over the stability of marine-based ice sheets within the scientific community; Efforts of a cruise in reconstructing the history of Ross Sea subsequent to the last glacial maximum; Information on the grounding zones identified in western Ross sea.

Focuses on the complete recovery of a recessional sequence of glacial marine sediments obtained from the Ross Sea in Antarctica. Assessment of the water content data of the samples collected by researchers; Significance of the coarse muddy gravel with abundant till pellets; Composition of the calving line found toward the edge of the ice shelf.

Presents evidence for thicker ice in interior West Antarctica. Factors which suggest that coastal interior portions of the west antarctic ice sheet were on the order of several hundred meters or more thicker during the Late Pleistocene glacial maximum than they are now; General level of the ice sheet at Mount Waesche; Indication of an ice-sheet surface that was higher than present at Mount Waesche.