Report on the Oceanographic Program at Point Barrow, Alaska February - March 1949

• Main Authors: Metcalf,William G, Holmes,John F
• Other Authors: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MASS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1949
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *SEA ICE; ALASKA; LABORATORIES; COLD WEATHER TESTS; ARCTIC OCEAN; OCEANOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; Point Barrow; WUNR083004; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Barrow; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA068762; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA068762

Near the end of January 1949, William G. Metcalf and John F. Holmes of Woods Hole departed for a two months' study in Alaska, at the end of which they were relieved by a team of oceanographers from N.E.L. This first pair of oceanographers at Pt. Barrow considered their main job to be threefold: (a) to investigate the facilities for carrying out oceanographic research at and from Pt. Barrow with a view towards establishing a long range program, (b) to test standard oceanographic equipment and suggest modifications for more efficient arctic work, and (c) to carry out such oceanographic studies, especially of sea ice, that might be possible.