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.

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