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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
. Mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition under
Robert Falcon Scott
, 1910–13, the lake was visited by Professor T.L. Péwé during
USN
Operation Deep Freeze
, 1957–58, who named it for
Dr. Fritiof M. Fryxell
, glacial geologist of
Augustana College
,
Illinois
.
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