Snow Density, Hardness and Temperature, Amery Ice Shelf 1964

The Australian Antarctic Division carried out a traverse to the Amery Ice Shelf in the summer of 1964. Numerous snow pits were dug along the traverse, and studies carried out to examine the snow in the area. Information on the the snow density, hardness, stratigraphy and snow temperature were record...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Subjects:
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
SNOW/ICE
EARTH SCIENCE
CRYOSPHERE
SNOW DENSITY
SNOW STRATIGRAPHY
SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE
Amery Ice Shelf
Log books
TEMPERATURE LOGGERS
FIELD INVESTIGATION
CONTINENT &gt
ANTARCTICA
GEOGRAPHIC REGION &gt
POLAR
Antarctic
Amery
Antarc*
Antarctica
Australian Antarctic Division
Ice Shelf
Online Access:https://researchdata.ands.org.au/snow-density-hardness-shelf-1964/699268
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ais_snow_1964
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536
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Summary:The Australian Antarctic Division carried out a traverse to the Amery Ice Shelf in the summer of 1964. Numerous snow pits were dug along the traverse, and studies carried out to examine the snow in the area. Information on the the snow density, hardness, stratigraphy and snow temperature were recorded, and are summarised in this report. Records for this work have been archived at the Australian Antarctic Division. Logbook(s): Glaciology Amery Ice Shelf Traverse 1964 - The report from the traverse.

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