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.