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MARC recordEarly discoverers. 9. Dr E.A. Wilson's record of a pit section in the Ross Ice Shelf in 1903 / Charles W.M. Swithinbank.
| Title: | Early discoverers. 9. Dr E.A. Wilson's record of a pit section in the Ross Ice Shelf in 1903 / Charles W.M. Swithinbank. |
| Author(s): | Swithinbank, Charles W. M. |
| Date: | 1958. |
| In: | Journal of Glaciology. (1958.), Vol. 3(23) (1958) |
| Abstract: | Shows diagram drawn by Wilson, recording details from pit dug on 21 November 1903. Implies that 61 cm of snow fell in 1902. May represent earliest attempt to study snow structure in Antarctica. |
| Notes: | Journal of Glaciology. Vol. 3(23) :176 (1958). |
| Keywords: | 551.32 -- Glaciology. 5(091) -- History of science. 551.324 -- Land ice. 551.324.28 -- Ice shelves: Ross Ice Shelf. 551.578.46 -- Snow cover and snow patches. 548.54 -- Ice crystals, habit and appearance. .000(410) -- British author: SPRI. E10 -- Glaciology: snow and avalanches. (*7) -- Antarctic regions. (*76) -- Ross Dependency. |
| SPRI record no.: | 30674 |
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