• E-mail: kb621@cam.ac.uk
• Address: SPRI or Department of Geography
  Scott Polar Research Institute
  University of Cambridge
  Lensfield Road
  Cambridge
  CB2 1ER
  UK
  or
  Department of Geography
  University of Cambridge
  Downing Place
  Cambridge
  CB2 3EN
• Twitter: @karla_boxall

Thematic research group: Miss Boxall is a member of the Glaciology and Glacial Geology group.

Supervised by: Prof Ian Willis and Dr Frazer Christie and Prof Neil Arnold

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Karla Boxall BA MPhil

PhD Candidate, Polar Studies

Glaciologist interested in seasonal velocity variations of Antarctic ice shelves and their contributing glaciers, using a range of satellite remote sensing techniques.

Biography

Qualifications

• 2020 - present: PhD in Polar Studies. Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge (Newnham College), UK. Funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).
• 2019 - 2020: MPhil (Distinction) in Polar Studies. Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge (Newnham College), UK. Thesis: 'Quantifying Supraglacial Debris Thickness and the Glaciological Controls on its Spatial Distribution in High Mountain Asia.' Available at: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.58844
• 2016 - 2019: BA in Geography. University of Cambridge (Newnham College), UK. Thesis: 'The Evolution of Supraglacial Debris Extent and Thickness on Suldenferner, Italy, 1999 - 2018.' Data available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3711581

Awards and scholarships

• 2022: Runner up in IACS-IGS Graham Cogley Award for Best Student Presentation
• 2020 - 2024: Cambridge Climate, Life and Earth Doctoral Training Partnership, Natural Environment Research Council, with Research and Training Studentship Grant
• 2019: Lucy Adrian prize
• 2019: Ruth Cohen prize
• 2018: Worts Travel fund
• 2018: David Richardson Travel scholarship
• 2018: Bedford grant
• 2018: Newnham College Major Travel Scholarship
• 2017: Anne Jemima Clough prize
• 2017: Sparke Second Year scholarship

Research

My research uses satellite remote sensing to identify seasonal velocity variations of Antarctic ice shelves and the glaciers feeding them. I am currently focussed on the George VI Ice Shelf (Antarctic Peninsula) and its contributing glaciers. My research will also investigate the driving factors behind the velocity variations observed. There is scope to expand this research to beyond George VI Ice Shelf to investigate whether the velocity variations, and their driving factors, are replicated elsewhere on the Antarctic Peninsula or elsewhere in Antarctica.

Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

• Deakin, K.A., Christie, F.D., Boxall, K. and Willis, I.C. (2023) Oscillatory response of Larsen C Ice Shelf flow to the calving of iceberg A-68. Journal of Glaciology, pp.1-23. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2023.102
• Boxall, K., Christie, F. D. W., Willis, I. C., Wuite, J., and Nagler, T. (2022) Seasonal land-ice-flow variability in the Antarctic Peninsula, The Cryosphere, 16, 3907–3932. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-3907-2022
• Boxall, K., Willis, I., Giese, A. and Liu, Q. (2021) Quantifying Patterns of Supraglacial Debris Thickness and Their Glaciological Controls in High Mountain Asia. Front. Earth Sci. 9:657440. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.657440

Conference contributions

• Boxall, K., Christie, F. D. W., Willis, I. C., Wuite, J., and Nagler, T. (2023) Seasonal land-ice-flow variability and its drivers in the Antarctic Peninsula, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-9993, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-9993
• Boxall, K., Christie, F.D., Willis, I.C., Wuite, J. and Nagler, T. (2022) Seasonal land-ice-flow variability in the Antarctic Peninsula. [oral] International Glaciological Society British Branch Meeting, Edinburgh, UK, 30 August - 2 September 2022.
• Boxall, K., Christie, F.D., Willis, I.C., Wuite, J. and Nagler, T. (2022) Seasonal land-ice-flow variability in the Antarctic Peninsula. [oral] International Symposium on Ice, Snow and Water in a Warming World, Reykjavík, Iceland, 21-26 August 2022.
• Boxall, K., Christie, F.D., Willis, I.C., Wuite, J. and Nagler, T. (2022) Seasonal land-ice-flow variability in the Antarctic Peninsula [poster]. IGS 2022 International Symposium on Maritime Glaciers, Juneau, Alaska, 20-24 June 2022.
• Boxall, K., Christie, F.D., Willis, I.C., Wuite, J. and Nagler, T. (2022) Seasonal land-ice-flow variability in the Antarctic Peninsula. [poster] ESA Living Planet Symposium 2022, Bonn, Germany, 23-27 May 2022.
• Boxall, K. and Willis, I. (2020) Glaciological controls on the spatial variability of supraglacial debris extent and thickness in the eastern Himalayas. EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4-8 May 2020, EGU2020-20062, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-20062

Teaching

• Supervisor: IA Cryosphere, IB Glacial Processes
• Demonstrator: IA GIS and Cartography, IA Data Handling, IB Glacial Modelling
• Faculty: Juneau Icefield Research Program 2023

External activities

• International Glaciological Society (IGS) member
• European Geoscience Union (EGU) member
• Department of Geography Graduate Student Representative