Snow pit studies and radio-echo soundings on Mt. McKinley 2004

• Main Authors: KANAMORI, Syosaku, OKURA, Yoshitomi, SHIRAIWA, Takayuki, YOSHIKAWA, Kenji
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 社団法人 日本雪氷学会
• Subjects: glacier; Mt. McKinley; Ice radar; 氷河; マッキンリー山; アイスレーダー; 氷厚探査; 452.96; North Peak; Yukon; ice core; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/20274

In June 2004, we made snow pit studies and radio-echo soundings to seek ice core drilling sites on Mt McKinley (63。N, 151。W, 6194m a. s. l), Alaska. Pit studies at Denali Pass (5560m a. s. l.) and Medical Camp (4350 m a. s. l.) show high-density layers near surface. These layers seem to relate with...