Journal of Glaciology: Volume 2 -

Studies in Glacier Physics on the Penny Ice Cap, Baffin Island, 1953: Part II: Portable Ice-Boring Equipment
W. H. Ward
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30 January 2017, pp. 433-436
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The construction and use of some portable ice-boring equipment are described. The total weight of equipment for boring to a depth of 20 m. is about 36 kg. The weight increases by 1 kg. for each extra metre of depth.

Some Observations on the Banding of Glacier Ice *
N. Untersteiner
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30 January 2017, pp. 502-506
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The distribution of fine banding (foliation) on the surface of a flat glacier tongue was studied. The conclusions reached are that fine banding seems to be neither of sedimentary origin nor to be the representation of a straightforward stress system. In the present case, foliation seems to be connected with ice falls.
Other bands definitely not belonging to the fine banding system were plotted irrespective of their outward appearance. Statistically, their preferred spacial directions correspond to the directions of either maximum shear stress or maximum normal stress (tension).

Contributions to the Glaciology of the Antarctic
F. Loewe
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30 January 2017, pp. 657-665
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During a winter in Terre Adélie in 1951 (Antarctica) certain glaciological studies were made. These were strongly hampered by the extraordinary strength and persistence of the blizzards from the ice cap. Near the coast the wind dominates the distribution of snow completely. The firn limit on the open ice cap is at a height of 450 m. (1500 ft.). The deposited snow is very tightly packed with a density of 0.4–0.5 gm./cm.3. On the ice cap the mean annual accumulation is 20–30 cm. water. At the coast and particularly on the ice cap measurements and calculations of the radiation balance show a strong loss for most of the time owing to the high albedo of the snow. The snow surface is almost continuously colder then the snow below and the air above. The radiation loss is mainly replaced by the influx of warmer air into the continent. The density of the drifting snow was measured. On a day with heavy blizzard the snow transport across each m. of the coast line is 2.5–3 kg. /m.sec. In a year at least 20 million tons pass each km. (30 million tons per mile). In Terre Adélie the drifting snow is an important item in the mass economy of the ice cap.

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