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

143

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