Snow Movement - Drift Control for Surface ( At-Grade ) Camps

• Main Author: N S Stehlel
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: McMurdo Station; Ross Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctique*; Arctic; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1040.6407; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic22-2-112.pdf

ABSTRACT. Snow movement in polar areas creates problems for surface (at-grade) camps, particularly in areas of net annual snow accumulation. Snowdrift studies, which were made over a 4-year period around a single unprotected building and around a cluster of buildings in an area of net annual snow ac...