Army Ice Cap Swing Takes 22 Days for Round Trip of 276 Miles

Describes monthly supply trips from Camp Tuto to Camp Century on the Greenland icecap. The supplies are carried in trains (swings) of 20-ton sleds pulled by low-ground-pressure D-8 and D-9 tractors. Tractor breakdowns and adverse weather conditions prolonged a winter 1961-62 trip, which is reported...

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Main Author: Polar R & D Center. Public Information Office, United States Army.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1962
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spelling ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/66610 2023-05-15T14:19:21+02:00 Army Ice Cap Swing Takes 22 Days for Round Trip of 276 Miles Polar R & D Center. Public Information Office, United States Army. 1962-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66610 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66610/50523 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66610 ARCTIC; Vol. 15 No. 1 (1962): March: 1–84; 77-78 1923-1245 0004-0843 Glacial epoch Glacial landforms Glaciers Mass balance Nunataks Deglaciation Glaciation info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1962 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:23:26Z Describes monthly supply trips from Camp Tuto to Camp Century on the Greenland icecap. The supplies are carried in trains (swings) of 20-ton sleds pulled by low-ground-pressure D-8 and D-9 tractors. Tractor breakdowns and adverse weather conditions prolonged a winter 1961-62 trip, which is reported in some detail. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Greenland Ice cap University of Calgary Journal Hosting Greenland Greenland Icecap ENVELOPE(-40.000,-40.000,72.000,72.000) ARCTIC 15 1
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topic Glacial epoch
Glacial landforms
Glaciers
Mass balance
Nunataks
Deglaciation
Glaciation
spellingShingle Glacial epoch
Glacial landforms
Glaciers
Mass balance
Nunataks
Deglaciation
Glaciation
Polar R & D Center. Public Information Office, United States Army.
Army Ice Cap Swing Takes 22 Days for Round Trip of 276 Miles
topic_facet Glacial epoch
Glacial landforms
Glaciers
Mass balance
Nunataks
Deglaciation
Glaciation
description Describes monthly supply trips from Camp Tuto to Camp Century on the Greenland icecap. The supplies are carried in trains (swings) of 20-ton sleds pulled by low-ground-pressure D-8 and D-9 tractors. Tractor breakdowns and adverse weather conditions prolonged a winter 1961-62 trip, which is reported in some detail.
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author_sort Polar R & D Center. Public Information Office, United States Army.
title Army Ice Cap Swing Takes 22 Days for Round Trip of 276 Miles
title_short Army Ice Cap Swing Takes 22 Days for Round Trip of 276 Miles
title_full Army Ice Cap Swing Takes 22 Days for Round Trip of 276 Miles
title_fullStr Army Ice Cap Swing Takes 22 Days for Round Trip of 276 Miles
title_full_unstemmed Army Ice Cap Swing Takes 22 Days for Round Trip of 276 Miles
title_sort army ice cap swing takes 22 days for round trip of 276 miles
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