Glacial-meteorological studies in north Ellesmere Island, 1958.
“Operation Hazen,” sponsored by the Defence Research Board, Department of National Defence, Ottawa, was a three-phase expedition forming part of the Canadian contribution to the International Geophysical Year. The first phase of the expedition, from May, 1957 to August, 1958, involved the establishm...
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McGill University
1959
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Online Access: | http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=112068 |
Summary: | “Operation Hazen,” sponsored by the Defence Research Board, Department of National Defence, Ottawa, was a three-phase expedition forming part of the Canadian contribution to the International Geophysical Year. The first phase of the expedition, from May, 1957 to August, 1958, involved the establishment of a base camp on the shores of Lake Hazen, and the setting up of an “Icecap” station on the Gilman Glacier. At the latter camp, a programme of glaciological, meteorological, survey and seismic work was carried out during field season of 1957. |
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