Abstract
A new paleoenvironmental proxy, Eucampia Index, was used to trace the Late Pleistocene oscillations of winter ice extent at ODP Leg 119, Site 745B (59° 35.71′ S and 85° 51.60′ E) on the Kerguelen Plateau. The index is calculated as the ratio of winter terminal to intercalary valves of the diatom Eucampia antarctica sensu lato. During the early Brunhes the winter sea-ice edge was positioned south from Site 745. It started expanding northward, closer to the site location soon after 0.4 Ma and progressed in a manner of a several wide oscillations. For approximately the last 0.1 Ma the winter sea-ice edge oscillated less and retained similar range of oscillations. The ice edge oscillated in periods which correspond closely to that of Milankovitch oscillations of Earth obliquity, although the significance of individual periods appears to vary in time.
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