The Scientific Observations of the Ross Sea Party of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-1917

• Main Author: Loewe, Fritz
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Polar Studies, The Ohio State University. 1963
• Subjects: Ross Sea Party; Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition; 1915-1917; Meteorological observations; Imperial Transantarctic Expedition; Antarctic; Beardmore; Beardmore Glacier; Cape Evans; McMurdo Sound; Ross Ice Shelf; Ross Sea; Antarc*; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/51285

During 1915-1917 the Ross Sea Party of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition wintered in McMurdo Sound and sledged across the Ross Ice Shelf to the foot of the Beardmore Glacier. The meteorological observations made during this time, mainly at Cape Evans (77°38'S, 166°24’E), are discussed. It...