The microclimate of Mawson's Hut based on snow and ice core analysis

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Donoghue, SL, Jacka, TH, Morgan, VI, Lazer, E
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2014
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; Glaciology; Cape Denison; Commonwealth Bay; Denison; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core; Polar Record
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247412000423; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/92884

We report the oxygen isotope ratio (18O) and structural analysis of four 2m long firn cores collected in 1997 from inside Mawson's Hut (consisting of a Main Hut and a Workshop), Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica, and 25 snow samples collected in 2001 in the vicinity of the huts. Our aim is to examin...