The High Mountain Environment Project St. Elias Mountains, Yukon and Alaska, 1967-1971.

• Main Author: Marcus,Melvin G.
• Other Authors: ARCTIC INST OF NORTH AMERICA WASHINGTON D C
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1971
• Subjects: Meteorology; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *ALASKA; *YUKON TERRITORY; *GLACIERS; CLIMATE; MOUNTAINS; PLANTS(BOTANY); FREEZING; TERRAIN; ICE; MICROMETEOROLOGY; WEATHER STATIONS; SAINT ELIAS MOUNTAINS; HIGH MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT PROJECT; Canada; Yukon; glacier*; glaciers; Ice; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0726405; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0726405

The report provides the results of field investigations conducted in Chitistone Pass in Alaska and on Mt. Logan in Yukon Territory, Canada. A historical and philosophical background of the project is given, as are environmental descriptions of the research areas. During the program, research was carried out in these areas: (1) climatology and meteorology, (2) botany and plant geography, (3) periglacial hydrology and geomorphology, and (4) glaciology. Relationships between environmental processes are covered. Abstracts, of published research papers and presentations that derived from the program are included, as is a listing of remaining research reports in progress. (Author)