DEEP CORE DRILLING IN THE ROSS ICE SHELF, LITTLE AMERICA V, ANTARCTICA.

• Main Authors: Ragle,R. H., Hansen,B. L., Gow,A., Patenaude,R. W.
• Other Authors: SNOW ICE AND PERMAFROST RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT WILMETTE ILL
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1960
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; (*ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ICE); (*ICE; DRILLING); DEPOSITS; STRATIGRAPHY; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION; FREEZING; TEMPERATURE; DENSITY; ROSS ICE SHELF; Antarctic; Byrd; Byrd Station; Little America; Little America V; Ross Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice; Ice Shelf; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0648511; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0648511

Drilling operations and core and drill hole investigations at Little America V in Oct. - Dec. 1958, as well as measurements at Byrd Station in Dec. 1958 are discussed. The hole at Little America V reached 836 ft, and core recovery was 98% of the footage drilled. No saline ice was found in the bottom...