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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The Arctic Institute of North America
1962
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| 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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| genre | Arctic Greenland Ice cap |
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| geographic | Greenland Greenland Icecap |
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| op_source | ARCTIC; Vol. 15 No. 1 (1962): March: 1–84; 77-78 1923-1245 0004-0843 |
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| spelling | ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/66610 2025-06-15T14:14:29+00:00 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 2025-05-27T03:29:43Z 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 Unknown Greenland Greenland Icecap ENVELOPE(-40.000,-40.000,72.000,72.000) ARCTIC 15 1 |
| 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 |
| title | 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_short | 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 |
| topic | Glacial epoch Glacial landforms Glaciers Mass balance Nunataks Deglaciation Glaciation |
| topic_facet | Glacial epoch Glacial landforms Glaciers Mass balance Nunataks Deglaciation Glaciation |
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