USNC-IGY Antarctic Glaciological Data: Report Number 2: Field Work 1958 Part IV, South Pole Station

• Main Author: Giovinetto, Mario B.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: The Ohio State University Research Foundation 1960
• Subjects: Snow accumulation > South Pole Station; Antarctica; Glaciology > South Pole Station; South Pole Station; IGY Amundsen-Scott Station; Amundsen-Scott; Antarctic; South Pole; Antarc*; South pole
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/51981

Submitted to the U.S. National Committee for the IGY National Academy of Sciences, in partial fulfillment of IGY Project Number 4.10 - NSF Grant No. Y/4.10/285. The Pole station (IGY Amundsen-Scott Station) is located within 1 km of the geographical South Pole, 2800 m. above sea level where the ice is approximately 2400 m. thick. Glaciological observations were made from 5 January to 26 November 1958. The main effort was directed toward obtaining information on the area’s present and past snow accumulation, on the physical characteristics of this snow, and on the relationship of the accumulation to meteorological conditions. This report presents the pit stratigraphy and stake measurement data collected for studies of snow accumulation and observations on firn temperatures. National Science Foundation Grant No. Y/4.10/285.