Antarctic Oversnow Traverse-based Southern Hemisphere Climate Reconstruction

• Published in: Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union
• Main Author: Mayewski, Paul Andrew
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 2003
• Subjects: Glaciogeology; Geochemistry; Glaciochemistry; Glaciology; Cryology; Climate Change; Atmospheric Sciences; Climate; Earth Sciences; Hydrology; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory; East Antarctica; ice core; SCAR; Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research; South pole; West Antarctica
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ers_facpub/253; https://doi.org/10.1029/2003EO220002; https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/context/ers_facpub/article/1258/viewcontent/Antarctic_oversnow_traverse_based_southern_hemisphere_climate_reconstruction.pdf

On 2 January 2003, the U.S. component of the International Trans Antarctic Scientific Expedition (U.S. ITASE) (Figure 1) arrived at the South Pole after completing more than 5000 km of oversnow traverses that included much of west Antarctica and a portion of east Antarctica (Figure 2). During the tr...