SNOW DRIFT ON NATURAL, DEPRESSED, AND ELEVATED SURFACES NEAR MCMURDO, ANTARCTICA.

• Main Authors: Stehle,N. S., Sherwood,G. E.
• Other Authors: NAVAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB PORT HUENEME CALIF
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1965
• Subjects: (*SNOW; DRIFT); (*SITE SELECTION; POLAR REGIONS); WIND; INHIBITION; TERRAIN; BUILDINGS; MAINTENANCE; McMurdo Station; Ross Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0622572; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0622572

Drifting snow in polar areas results in problems of logistics and maintenance. To obtain knowledge of snow drift and accumulation on the Ross Ice Shelf near McMurdo Station, Antarctica, measurements of drift were made on natural, depressed, and elevated surfaces, and in camp and storage areas on the...