An Exceptional Summer during the South Pole Race of 1911-1912

• Published in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
• Main Authors: Fogt, Ryan L., Jones, Megan E., Solomon, Susan, Jones, Julie M., Goergens, Chad A.
• Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Meteorological Society 2017
• Subjects: Austral; Ross Ice Shelf; South Pole; Beardmore; Beardmore Glacier; Polar Plateau; Ice Shelf; South pole
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112101

The meteorological conditions during the Amundsen and Scott South Pole expeditions in 1911/12 are examined using a combination of observations collected during the expeditions as well as modern reanalysis and reconstructed pressure datasets. It is found that over much of this austral summer, pressur...