Two Recently Discovered Glaciers, Antarctica

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to make available preliminary information on two recently discovered glaciers in Victoria Land, Antarctica. As a continuation of the International Geophysical Year scientific effort in Antarctica, two ground traverses were organized by the United States Antarctic Research Program and administered by the Arctic Institute of North America. The first of these traverses left Scott Base on October 16, 1959 in three tracked Sno-Cats, traversing parts of the Ross Ice Shelf, the Skelton Glacier, Victoria Land, and Wilkes Land. During the aerial evacuation of the traverse group, consisting of F. G. vander Hoeven, A. W. Stuart, A. J. Heine, W. M. Smith, L. J. Roberts, T. Baldwin, A. R. Taylor, W. A. Jackman, C. Lorius, and J. G. Weihaupt, early in 1960, an aerial photo reconnaissance was made from 72°38.0'S-161°31.8'E. to Rennick Bay on the Oates Coast of the Antarctic Continent. During the reconnaissance, a new and sizeable glacier was discovered that terminates in the vicinity of Rennick Bay. During an earlier photo reconnaissance a second and smaller glacier was discovered flowing east, terminating in the vicinity of Lady Newnes Ice Shelf in the Ross Sea. ...