XXXI.—Shackleton Antarctic Expedition, 1914–1917: The Natural History of Pack-Ice as observed in the Weddell Sea
The opportunities for observation were afforded by the voyage and subsequent drift of the S.Y. Endurance . During December 1914 and January 1915 for a period of six weeks she successfully bored her way through pack-ice of every description—drift-ice, open-pack, and very frequently even close-pack. C...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0080456800016021 2024-03-03T08:38:26+00:00 XXXI.—Shackleton Antarctic Expedition, 1914–1917: The Natural History of Pack-Ice as observed in the Weddell Sea Wordie, J. M. 1921 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0080456800016021 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0080456800016021 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh volume 52, issue 4, page 795-829 ISSN 0080-4568 2053-5945 General Earth and Planetary Sciences General Environmental Science journal-article 1921 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0080456800016021 2024-02-08T08:39:50Z The opportunities for observation were afforded by the voyage and subsequent drift of the S.Y. Endurance . During December 1914 and January 1915 for a period of six weeks she successfully bored her way through pack-ice of every description—drift-ice, open-pack, and very frequently even close-pack. Continually fighting, she penetrated from 59° to 72° S. lat., and finally reached the land water off Coats Land on the latter parallel. As the crow flies, therefore, she was navigated through ice for nearly 800 geographical miles on this voyage; her actual course among the ice-fields and floes was computed to exceed 2000 miles, an achievement without parallel in the Antarctic. The principle adopted was to keep to the east, where presumably there is less pack than in the west; if the Endurance experience is a normal one, however, the meridian of 20° W. long., which was followed, is certainly not far enough east. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Weddell Sea Cambridge University Press Antarctic The Antarctic Weddell Sea Shackleton Weddell Coats Land ENVELOPE(-27.500,-27.500,-77.000,-77.000) Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 52 4 795 829 |
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The opportunities for observation were afforded by the voyage and subsequent drift of the S.Y. Endurance . During December 1914 and January 1915 for a period of six weeks she successfully bored her way through pack-ice of every description—drift-ice, open-pack, and very frequently even close-pack. Continually fighting, she penetrated from 59° to 72° S. lat., and finally reached the land water off Coats Land on the latter parallel. As the crow flies, therefore, she was navigated through ice for nearly 800 geographical miles on this voyage; her actual course among the ice-fields and floes was computed to exceed 2000 miles, an achievement without parallel in the Antarctic. The principle adopted was to keep to the east, where presumably there is less pack than in the west; if the Endurance experience is a normal one, however, the meridian of 20° W. long., which was followed, is certainly not far enough east. |
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XXXI.—Shackleton Antarctic Expedition, 1914–1917: The Natural History of Pack-Ice as observed in the Weddell Sea |
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XXXI.—Shackleton Antarctic Expedition, 1914–1917: The Natural History of Pack-Ice as observed in the Weddell Sea |
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XXXI.—Shackleton Antarctic Expedition, 1914–1917: The Natural History of Pack-Ice as observed in the Weddell Sea |
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XXXI.—Shackleton Antarctic Expedition, 1914–1917: The Natural History of Pack-Ice as observed in the Weddell Sea |
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XXXI.—Shackleton Antarctic Expedition, 1914–1917: The Natural History of Pack-Ice as observed in the Weddell Sea |
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xxxi.—shackleton antarctic expedition, 1914–1917: the natural history of pack-ice as observed in the weddell sea |
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