Briggs Glacier is a glacier

Glacier

A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...

 between Mount Worsley

Mount Worsley

Mount Worsley is a mountain, 1,105 m, on the west side of Briggs Glacier in South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Frank A. Worsley , Master of the 1914-16...

 and The Trident

The Trident

The Trident is a ridge surmounted by three peaks, the highest 1,335 m, standing at the east side of Briggs Glacier in South Georgia. The name is descriptive of the three peaks and was given by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee following survey by the SGS in the period 1951-57....

 in central South Georgia, flowing northwest into Murray Snowfield

Murray Snowfield

Murray Snowfield is a snowfield centered 2 nautical miles south of Possession Bay in South Georgia. The name "John Murray-Gletscher" was given to a glacier flowing into the head of Possession Bay by members of the Second German Antarctic Expedition, 1911-12...

. It was charted as a glacier flowing into the head of Possession Bay

Possession Bay

Possession Bay is a bay wide which recedes southwest for , entered southeast of Black Head on the north coast of South Georgia, an island in the southern Atlantic Ocean.-Cook's Second Voyage:...

 in 1929 by Lieutenant Commander

Lieutenant Commander

Lieutenant Commander is a commissioned officer rank in many navies. The rank is superior to a lieutenant and subordinate to a commander...

 John M. Chaplin, Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

 (1888–1977). Chaplin was survey officer aboard RRS Discovery

RRS Discovery

The RRS Discovery was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in Britain. Designed for Antarctic research, she was launched in 1901. Her first mission was the British National Antarctic Expedition, carrying Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton on their first, successful...

 during the Discovery Oceanographic Expedition of 1925–1927, and was later in charge of a hydrographic survey party in South Georgia, 1928–30.

Briggs Glacier was named for Able Seaman

Able Seaman (occupation)

An able seaman is an unlicensed member of the deck department of a merchant ship. An AB may work as a watchstander, a day worker, or a combination of these roles.-Watchstander:...

 A.C. Briggs, one of the crew of RRS Discovery in 1925–27 and a member of Chaplin's survey party in 1928–30. During the South Georgia Survey of 1955–1956, the complicated area of glaciers and snowfields

Snow field

A snow field, snowfield or neve is a permanent accumulation of snow and ice, typically found below the snow line. Normally the term is applied to mountainous and glacial terrain. In glaciology, the term refers to areas of permanent snow cover....

south of Possession Bay was for the first time surveyed in detail, and Briggs Glacier was re-located.