Report of the Antarctic Ice Observing and Forecasting Program - 1967.

• Main Author: Perchal, R. J.
• Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE NSTL STATION MS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1969
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; (*SEA ICE; ANTARCTIC REGIONS); PREDICTIONS; FREEZING; OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; MARINE TRANSPORTATION; PERIODIC VARIATIONS; MELTING; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SEA WATER; ICEBREAKERS; POLAR REGIONS; DATA PROCESSING; MCMURDO SOUND; Antarctic; McMurdo Sound; Ross Sea; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0850615; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0850615

The sea ice program conducted by the Oceanographic Office principally in support of DEEP FREEZE 68 antarctic operations is presented in this report. Methods of data collection and dissemination, ice forecasting, and allied ice projects are discussed. A summary of ice conditions in the Ross Sea and McMurdo Sound is given graphically by 6-day periods from October 1967 to February 1968. (Author)