SEA ICE STUDIES ON MCMURDO SOUND DURING DEEP FREEZE-64.

• Main Author: Stehle, Nancy S.
• Other Authors: NAVAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB PORT HUENEME CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1964
• Subjects: (*ICE; ARCTIC REGIONS); SNOW; ICE ISLANDS; OCEANS; SALINITY; DENSITY; SHEAR STRESSES; THICKNESS; TEMPERATURE; FREEZING; DRAINAGE; SAMPLING; SOLAR RADIATION; MEASUREMENT; MCMURDO SOUND; Arctic; Austral; McMurdo Sound; McMurdo Station; Psi; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0453222; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0453222

Studies of 1- and 2-year-old ice were conducted during the austral summer of 1963-64 at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Approximately 75 cores were taken. During the observation period, approximately 3-1/2 feet of ice were lost from the bottom surface of the 2-year ice, which was found to be very irreg...