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From its original formulation in 1990 the International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition … (ITASE) has had as its primary aim the collection and interpretation of a continent-wide array of … environmental parameters assembled through the coordinated efforts of scientists from several nations.

A mechanism where reconnection between the Solar Interplanetary Magnetic Field and the … Geomagnetic field, deposits energy in the polar atmosphere was first observed in Antarctica. The propagation and attenuation of plasma waves occurs in the polar ionospheric waveguide … at 300km altitude…

Comparison of surface elevations measured by terrestrial survey in 1987 over the grounded … part of Totten Glacier with elevations measured by the Geophysical Laser Altimeter System … on NASA’s ICESat in 2003 shows that there has been substantial lowering of the surface of … around 10 m over 16…

Glaciological and over snow programs were the only possible avenues available for … determining dh/dt and mass balance in the 1960s. Law Dome in East Antarctica was … extensively traversed with several methodologies including gravity during the 1960s and into … the 1970s.

Ice-core records are a key resource for reconstructing Antarctic climate. However, a … number of physical processes preclude the simple interpretation of ice-core properties such as oxygen … isotopic ratios in terms of climate variables like temperature or sea-level pressure. We show that welldated…

We combine ERS-1 satellite radar altimeter surface elevations (Fricker and others, this issue) with six different accumulation distributions to compute balance fluxes for the Lambert Glacier-Amery Ice Shelf Drainage system.

A directional anisotropy is observed in backscatter from the surface of the East Antarctic ice sheet as measured by the C-band wind scatterometer carried by the ERS-1 satellite. The anisotropy is characterised by the amplitude of the variation with azimuth of the backscatter coefficient…

Oversnow traverses have collected a variety of glaciological measurements around the interior drainage basin of the Lambert Glacier, East Antarctica (longitudes 54° - 78° E, latitudes 67° - 76S), between 1989-90 and 1994-95.

Between 1989/90 and 1994/95, geodetic GPS surveying techniques were used to measure ice sheet surface velocities at approximately 30 km intervals around an oversnow traverse route in the interior drainage basin of the Lambert Glacier, East Antarctica (longitude 54°-78°E, latitude 67°-76°S).

The distribution of mean net accumulation rate over a large sector (90°E to 150°E) of the IAGP (International Glaciological Project) area is presented in map form. The basic data have been compiled from direct measurements of accumulation at stake networks…

Surveys of ice thickness, surface elevation, velocity, and accumulation rate were made on the upper part of Totten Glacier by oversnow traverse during 1987.

Ice velocity, surface elevation, and ice thickness were measured along oversnow traverse routes in the sector of Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, bounded by long. 93°E and 131°E, and the coast and lat. 75°S.

Glaciology surveys of the ice sheet in Wilkes Land, Antarctica, have been made on oversnow traverses operating out of Casey. Data collected includes surface elevation, accumulation rate, snow temperature and physical characteristics of the snow cover.

Deuterium excess (d = dD - 8 * d18O) values in surface snow are presented for central and east Antarctica. The samples are primarily from Soviet, French, and Australian traverses. The d values exhibit a large change going from coastal sites to high-altitude sites on the ice sheet.

Bathymetric, sidescan sonar and high-resolution seismic data indicate that the shelf off Mac. Robertson Land, East Antarctica is deeply eroded by glaciers and currents. Basement is exposed over wide areas. Data available include MCS and 3.5 kHz obtained by Stagg (1985) in 1982 (see OBrien et al.…