Cambridge University Vatnajökull Expedition, 1977
This expedition to Iceland was concerned with ice depth soundings of the largest ice cap in Europe and involved both the development of impulse radar systems and the use of satellite survey equipment for locating experimental stations and ice depth traverses (Fig 1). Vatnajökull, which translated me...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400001595 2024-03-03T08:44:38+00:00 Cambridge University Vatnajökull Expedition, 1977 Bishop, J. F. Cumming, A. D. G. Ferrari, R. L. Miller, K. J. 1978 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400001595 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400001595 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 19, issue 118, page 51-54 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1978 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400001595 2024-02-08T08:34:06Z This expedition to Iceland was concerned with ice depth soundings of the largest ice cap in Europe and involved both the development of impulse radar systems and the use of satellite survey equipment for locating experimental stations and ice depth traverses (Fig 1). Vatnajökull, which translated means ‘water-ice’, is a temperate ice sheet and measures approximately 140 km east to west and 100 km north to south, thereby occupying more space than all other glaciers in Europe combined. Ice depth studies had previously been limited to seismic experiments conducted during the French-Icelandic expedition of 1951 when some 33 individual soundings were recorded. A few gravitational studies have also been made. It was not until 1976, however, that a first glacier base profile was obtained by a joint Cambridge-Icelandic expedition using electronic equipment developed at the University of Cambridge (see Polar Record , Vol 18, No 115, p 375–77). From that expedition some understanding of the electrical properties of ice was deduced and it became possible to design equipment that, theoretically, could measure the deepest parts of the ice cap. It was agreed in Reykjavik, in July 1976, to carry out a joint expedition in 1977 using a Mark II British instrument to survey Vatnajökull, at least in part, time and weather permitting. Owing to unforseen difficulties it was only possible for Cambridge University members to carry out this work. Article in Journal/Newspaper glacier Ice cap Ice Sheet Iceland Polar Record Vatnajökull Cambridge University Press Vatnajökull ENVELOPE(-16.823,-16.823,64.420,64.420) Polar Record 19 118 51 54 |
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This expedition to Iceland was concerned with ice depth soundings of the largest ice cap in Europe and involved both the development of impulse radar systems and the use of satellite survey equipment for locating experimental stations and ice depth traverses (Fig 1). Vatnajökull, which translated means ‘water-ice’, is a temperate ice sheet and measures approximately 140 km east to west and 100 km north to south, thereby occupying more space than all other glaciers in Europe combined. Ice depth studies had previously been limited to seismic experiments conducted during the French-Icelandic expedition of 1951 when some 33 individual soundings were recorded. A few gravitational studies have also been made. It was not until 1976, however, that a first glacier base profile was obtained by a joint Cambridge-Icelandic expedition using electronic equipment developed at the University of Cambridge (see Polar Record , Vol 18, No 115, p 375–77). From that expedition some understanding of the electrical properties of ice was deduced and it became possible to design equipment that, theoretically, could measure the deepest parts of the ice cap. It was agreed in Reykjavik, in July 1976, to carry out a joint expedition in 1977 using a Mark II British instrument to survey Vatnajökull, at least in part, time and weather permitting. Owing to unforseen difficulties it was only possible for Cambridge University members to carry out this work. |
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Cambridge University Vatnajökull Expedition, 1977 |
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Cambridge University Vatnajökull Expedition, 1977 |
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Cambridge University Vatnajökull Expedition, 1977 |
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