Table 64—SNOW SAMPLES
(Collected by U. S, Weather Bureau, Polar Operations Project, 1956)
Total 8 Activity
HASL No.
PPT
4435
5155
Sampling
dates
5/12-6/11
Location
Eureka Sound
Resolute Bay
Water,
C date,
4,0
8.0
9/14
9/14
liters
1957
Dis/min/liter
2800625
28
34
C date,
Sr®?,
1957
Dis/min/liter
puc/liter
10/29
10/7
=1.2
=0.4
$0.13
4.77 + 0.27
5154
5156
5/18
8/28
Resolute Bay
Eureka Sound
7.7
8.0
9/14
9/15
5157
8/29
Jones Sound,
Ellesmere Island
8.0
9/20
11
£43
10/7
0.8 + 0.5
0.36 + 0.04
5152
8/29
Icebreaker Iberville
8.0
9/20
51
+6
10/7
=1.2
2.7 +£0.38
5153
8/31
River Clyde,
Baffin Island
8.0
9/20
9,13 + 1.96
5.0 +1.9
sr®
245
+ 20
9/27
10/7
9/27
30.4
=0.25
=0.4
1,82 + 0.23
0.18 + 0.07
Remarks
Lat 79° 59’N; long 85° 55’W:
~ 600 ft? at av. depth of ¥ in,
Lat 76° 24’N; long 88° 12’W: depth
on ground 7 in, collected top
6 in. over a 12 sq ft area 50 ft
above sea level, 4 mile from
beach line in center of valley
(L mile wide by 5 miles long—
axis of valley north and south).
Lat 75° 50°N; long 80°W: collected
500 sq ft on upper bridge,
precipitation 10 in.
0.96 + 0.05 Lat 70° 30’N; long 68° 40’W:
collected from residual snow
drift about 4 miles NW of island;
average depth 2 in., covering an
area of approximately 36 sq ft.