Ellesmere Island Ice Shelf Project 1960

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Sagar, R.B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1960
• Subjects: Ablation; Accumulation; Atmospheric temperature; Cores; Coring; Ice rises; Ice shelves; Geomorphology; Mass balance; Measurement; Melting; Meteorology; Runoff; Snow; Solar radiation; Strength; Surface properties; Surveying; Tides; Ward Hunt Ice Shelf; Nunavut; Ward Hunt Island; Ellesmere Island; Ward Hunt Island waters; Arctic; Hunt Island; Lister; Arctic Institute of North America; ice core; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; The Arctic Institute
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66758

During 1960 the Arctic Institute of North America continued the studies in Ellesmere Island that were begun in 1959 . Twenty-three persons were actively engaged in field work between April 26 and September 24, 1960, but only seven men remained on the Ice Shelf throughout the season . The main progra...