The problem of the katabatic winds on the coast of Terre Adélie

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Mather, K. B., Miller, G. S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1967
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Terre Adélie; Terre-Adélie; Denison; Cape Denison; Port Martin; Port-Martin; Mirny; Antarc*; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400057727; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400057727

The cause of the phenomenally high winds recorded by Sir Douglas Mawson's party at Cape Denison during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–14 (Mawson, 1939), and by the French expedition to Port Martin in 1950–51 (Boujon, 1954) has never been satisfactorily explained. As indicated in th...