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...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Harrowfield, David L.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1996
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Antarctic
Adare
Cape Adare
Adare Peninsula
Ridley Beach
Ridley
Antarc*
Antarctica
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400027625
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400027625

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