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Glaciological observations in north-central Greenland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2017

S. J. Mock  and
W. F. Weeks
S. J. Mock
Affiliation:
Snow and Ice Branch U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, U.S.A.
W. F. Weeks
Affiliation:
Snow and Ice Branch U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, U.S.A.
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Journal of Glaciology , Volume 7 , Issue 50 , 1968 , pp. 353 - 354
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Copyright © International Glaciological Society 1968

Sir, Glaciological observations in north-central Greenland

During early July 1966 we were fortunate in being able to visit “Inge Lehman” station, a camp established by the Arctic Institute of North America and the U.S. Air Force, on the Greenland ice sheet. Our purpose was to test small-scale traverse techniques using Bombardier “Ski-dons” and to make snow studies south-east of the station in an area hitherto unstudied. We also intended, if possible, to locate “Northice”, the 1952–54 ice-sheet station of the British North Greenland Expedition, and obtain snow accumulation and deformation measurements. Because of changes in flight schedules, the traverse to the south-east, which was intended to be approximately 160 km in length, had to be shortened to 28 km. “Northice” was revisited and a series of measurements were made. Figure 1 shows “Northice” on 4 July 1966 and can be compared with Reference BanksBanks ([c1957], p. 128) and Reference SimpsonSimpson (1957, p. 213, 220). The following are the results of the measurements:

Station Latitude Longitude Elevation 1956–65 accumalation rate 10-m temperature
m g cm−2 year−1 ° C
“Northice” 78° 04.3′ N. 38° 29.3′ W. 2 345 10.4
“Inge Lehman” station 77° 56′ N. 39° 11′ W. 2 407 −30.4
“Station 1” 77° 43′ N. 38° 40′ W. 2 431 10.5 −31.3

Fig. 1. “Northice” on 4 July 1966

S. J. Mock

W. F. Weeks

Snow and Ice Branch U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, U.S.A. 1 November 1967

References

Banks, M. E. B. [c 1957.] High Arctic: the story of the British North Greenland Expedition. London, J. M. Dent and Sons.Google Scholar
Simpson, C. J. W. 1957. North ice: the British North Greenland Expedition. London, Hodder and Stoughton.Google Scholar
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Fig. 1. “Northice” on 4 July 1966