Hovercraft trials in the Mackenzie River delta, 1966

Hovercraft, or air-cushion vehicles, have been proposed several times as a means of polar transport (Mellor, 1963; Fuchs, 1964, 1966; Law, 1965; Cooper, 1965). They ride on a cushion of low pressure air which eliminates friction between the craft and the ground surface, the air being contained by fl...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Record
Main Authors: Cooper, P. F., Storr, J. W.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1967
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Arctic
Mackenzie River
Fuchs
Mellor
Mackenzie river
Polar Record
Sea ice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400057739
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400057739

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