POLAR GLACIOLOGY STUDY COURSE.

During August 1956 a SIPRE polar glaciology study course was held on the Greenland Ice Cap. Seventeen scientists from Europe and the Americas, who were to participate in the glaciological program during the International Geophysical Year, observed and practiced techniques concerned with snow-pit stu...

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Main Author: Ragle,R. H.
Other Authors: SNOW ICE AND PERMAFROST RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT WILMETTE ILL
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1958
Subjects:
Humanities and History
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
(*SNOW
TRAINING)
(*GLACIERS
INSTRUMENTATION
FOOD
INVENTORY
FUELS
SCIENTISTS
SURVIVAL(PERSONNEL)
GREENLAND
GREENLAND ICE CAP
Greenland
Ice
Ice cap
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0711896
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0711896
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Summary:During August 1956 a SIPRE polar glaciology study course was held on the Greenland Ice Cap. Seventeen scientists from Europe and the Americas, who were to participate in the glaciological program during the International Geophysical Year, observed and practiced techniques concerned with snow-pit studies. Ram hardness, density, temperature, and stratigraphic measurements were taken in a dry snow zone, a soaked zone, and an intermediate zone between dry and soaked. Snow crystal replicas and isotope sampling were demonstrated, and proglacial features were seen and discussed. Crevasse rescue techniques were practiced, and high-polar logistics, travel, and working conditions observed. (Author)

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