MCMURDO ICE WHARF - SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE OBSERVATIONS DURING DEEP FREEZE 67.

• Main Author: Paige, Russell A.
• Other Authors: NAVAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB PORT HUENEME CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1967
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Structural Engineering and Building Technology; *PIERS; *SEA ICE; EROSION; OCEAN WAVES; ICE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; DRAINAGE; SAND; ROCK; COASTAL REGIONS; STABILITY; CORE SAMPLING; DEEP FREEZE OPERATION; MCMURDO SOUND; SUMMER; McMurdo Sound; McMurdo Station; Winter Quarters Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0822004; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0822004

The wharf at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, consists of a limited area of fast ice, or old sea ice, that has accumulated along the western shore of Winter Quarters Bay. This facility is critically needed for safe, efficient unloading of cargo ships for Operation Deep Freeze. Since Deep Freeze 64 (DF-6...