SNOWDRIFT ON THE ROSS ICE SHELF, 1965-66.

• Main Author: Stehle,N. S.
• Other Authors: NAVAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB PORT HUENEME CALIF
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1966
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; (*SNOW; *ANTARCTIC REGIONS); (*LOGISTICS; SNOW); RUNWAYS; DRIFT; STORMS; MAINTENANCE; ICE; SURFACES; MEASUREMENT; BUILDINGS; ROADS; ABLATION; ROSS ICE SHELF; SNOWDRIFTS; Antarctic; Ross Ice Shelf; McMurdo Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice; Ice Shelf; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0684421; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0684421

Drifting snow in polar areas results in problems of logistics and maintenance. To obtain knowledge of snowdrift and accumulation on the Ross Ice Shelf near McMurdo Station, Antarctica, the U. S. Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory has been measuring drift in camp and storage areas, and around depress...