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Proceedings of the Second Annual Arctic Planning Session, October 1959

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Title: Proceedings of the Second Annual Arctic Planning Session, October 1959
Date: 1959
Index Abstract: Coming Soon
Photo Quality: Incomplete
Report Number: AFCRC TN 59-661
Creator: Bushnell, Vivian C.
Corporate Author: Air Force Cambridge Research Center
Extent: 172
Identifier: AD0234387
Distribution Classification: 1
DTIC Record Exists: Yes
Distribution Change Authority Correspondence: None
Date Issued: 1959-12
Abstract: Results of field investigations and laboratory studies associated with the Arctic Terrain Research Program of the Terrestrial Sciences Laboratory are given. The papers included are those presented at the Second Annual Arctic Planning Session sponsored by the Terrestrial Scinces Laboratory. Reports include research accomplished in the Arctic Ocean, studies of ice-free land, studies of the Ellesmere Ice Shelf, investigations of Arctic Lakes, research into the physical and engineering properties of ice, and related topics.
Provenance: IIT
Type: report
Has Part: Front Matter; Welcome Address; Overview; Address by Dr. Vilhjalmer Stefansson; Arctic Ocean Research; Some Features of Arctic Deep-Sea Sedimentation; Oceanographic and Geophysical Investigations at Arctic Drifting Station Charlie; Geophysical Investigations at Fletcher's Ice Island, T-3; Studies of Micrometeorology at Fletcher's Ice Island, T-3; Oceanographic Observations at Ice Island T-3, Summer of 1959; Build-Up of Thick Floating Ice in Arctic Areas; Future Plans for Oceanographic and Glaciological Studies on T-3; Ice-Free Land Program; Geologic Investigations; Engineering Aspects and Soils Investigations; Groundhog 1959 - East Greenland; Investigations in the Storelv Area, East Greenland; Ellesmere Ice Shelf Investigations; Ellesmere Island Ice Shelf Meteorological Program; The Mt. Chamberlin-Barter Island Project, 1959: Program and Operations; Climactic Observations During Spring and Early Summer 1959, Lake Peters, Alaska; Thermal Studies on Lakes Peters and Schrader, Alaska; Preliminary Report on Lake Peters, Alaska: Ice Studies; Preliminary Progress Report Arctic Coast Geological Investigations 1959; Physical Engineering Properties of Ice; Utilization of Ice and Snow for Arctic Operations (Preliminary Report); Development of Sea Ice Construction Techniques; Some Physical Properties of Artificial Sea Ice; The Physical Properties of Snow and Sea Ice; Crystallographic Orientation in Lake and Artificial Ice; Foam Protection and Preservation of Arctic Ice Airstrips; The C-130 as a Support Aircraft; The Whiteout Phenomenon; The Contraction Theory of Ice-Wedge Polygons; Preliminary Report on Thermoluminescence of Limestones from Thule, Greenland and Ward Hunt Island on Ellesmere Ice Shelf

Item sets: Conference Proceedings