Table 63—ANTARCTIC SNOW
(Snow cores and surface snow samples collected in
Antarctica during January and February 1955)
Sample No.
Depth,
ft
Volume,
liters
Sr°°/liter, dis/min
A. Snow core, Admiral Byrd Bay, 69°34’S, 00°41’W, collected Feb. 19, 1955;
core cross section: 7 x 7 in.
CL
CL
CL
CL
CL
CL
605
606
607
602
603
604
0-1
1-2
2-3
3-4
4-5
5-6
3.37
3.16
2.96
3.96
3.37
3.70
1.95 + 0.20
1.7 +0.2
0.48 + 0.04
0.90 + 0.06
=0.48
0.29 + 0.03
B, Snow core, Little America I, 78°S, 170°W, collected Jan. 15, 1955; core
cross section: 7 x 7 in.
CL
CL
CL
CL
608
609
610
611
0-1
1-2
2-3
3-6
2.67
2.56
2.96
7.65
0.34 + 0.10
1.35 + 0.26
0.56 +0.1
= 0.30
C. Surface samples, 0—8-in. depth.
Sample No.
Location
CL 612
Near Quonset, Little
CL 613
CL 614
America II
¥, mile E. Little
America Ol
6 miles inland on
Collection
date
Volume,
liters
Sr/liter, dis/min
1/15
11.30
3.2 + 0.3
1/17
15.85
3.14 0.7
5.44
$.3 40.5
February
ice shelf, Atka
Bay, 70°35’S,
0B°OR’W
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