The role of the wind in the destruction of an historic hut at Cape Adare in Antarctica
Abstract In 1911 the Northern Party of Robert Falcon Scott's British Antarctic expedition (1910–1913), built a wooden hut at Cape Adare, a locality notorious for gusting, high-velocity winds. During the expedition, the hut suffered superficial damage from 18 storms estimated at force 11–12 on t...
Published in: | Polar Record |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1996
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400027625 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400027625 |