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Blizzards and broken grousers : a year of Antarctic glaciology / Les R. Denham

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Denham, Les R.
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Year of Antarctic glaciology
Published
Tulsa, Oklahoma (8801 South Yale St., Tulsa, OK 74137-3175) : Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 2020.
Physical Description
vi, 342 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 23 cm.
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Society of Exploration Geophysicists
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Contents
The opportunity -- Getting ready -- By ship to Casey -- Getting ready for the field -- The autumn field trip -- Winter and the winter field trip -- The spring field trip -- Summer and the summer field trips -- Returning to Australia -- Scientific impact -- The Casey 1970 wintering party -- Appendix A. The astrocompass -- Appendix B. Glossary.
Summary
A rare personal account of a scientific journey, this memoir details one year of field operations in 1970-71, acquiring ice thickness data with radar, gravity measurements, and magnetometer measurements in Antarctica. Compiled from official logs, personal papers, and memories, Blizzards and Broken Grousers reminds us of the pioneering spirit of geophysics in the time when field operations reached the ends of the earth and exploration was not confined to offices and computer processing systems. This book provides a detailed account of the author's Antarctic experience in a time before GPS, satellite communications, internet, and even links to Antarctica by air. Moreover, although it was not obvious at the time, the data collected from this work provide the underpinnings of the currently accepted theory on the movement of glacial icecaps, including models of ice behavior and the interaction of ice and climate that have been used extensively in assessments of future climate change.
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9781560803775 (volume)
1560803770 (volume)
9780931830563 (series)
0931830567 (series)
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"SEG Press books."
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-312) and index.
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Aslo available in electronic form.
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Paterno Libraries Endowment
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