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Biological techniques for continuous studies under Antarctic sea ice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Donald E. Wohlschlag
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The purpose of this paper is to describe the facilities that have been developed forconducting biological studies through the permanent, or nearly permanent, sea ice cover ofMcMurdo Sound, Antarctica.

The earliest Antarctic expeditions into inshore areas casually observed and collectedbiota either from shipboard and small boats on rareoccasions when ice conditions were favourable, or from holes or cracks in the ice when temperatures were high enough to preventrapid refreezing. The facilities and techniques described here have evolved since 1958 from similar crude and time-consuming techniques to sophisticated, efficient operations that can now be carried out continuously through ice cover of less than 1 m to over 4 m.

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Polar Record , Volume 12 , Issue 79 , January 1965 , pp. 385 - 389
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1965

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