Report on geological fieldwork in the Sor Rondane Mountains, Eastern Dronning Maud Land, 2008-2009 (JARE-50)

The Sor Rondane Mountains field party, part of the summer party of the 50th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE-50), consisted of five geologists and one field assistant, and conducted geological fieldwork in the western Sr Rondane Mountains, Eastern Dronning Maud Land, as part of a researc...

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Main Authors: Masaaki Owada, Toshiaki Shimura, Masaki Yuhara, Kazuhiro Tsukada, Atsushi Kamei, Mikio Abe
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Japanese
Published: National Institute of Polar Research 2011
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.15094/00009616
https://doaj.org/article/0218da8027414881b21cf34bfd317f21
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Summary:The Sor Rondane Mountains field party, part of the summer party of the 50th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE-50), consisted of five geologists and one field assistant, and conducted geological fieldwork in the western Sr Rondane Mountains, Eastern Dronning Maud Land, as part of a research project of the National Institute of Polar Research (#P-5-1). The field party accessed the mountains using the Dronning Maud Land Air Network (DROMLAN) from Cape Town to a runway close to the Belgian base, via the Novolazarevskaya runway. The field party made three campsites (Base Camp, Camp 1, and Camp 3) and stayed on the snowfield for 75 days. Here, we report the detailed operation plans and present a summary of the fieldwork, including information on logistics and weather reports for the western Sor Rondane Mountains.