1930/31 German expedition cores

[mankoff]

• See citet:heuberger_1956 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02122819
  • References other documents by page #, but no reference to those docs
  • Note - found Wegener (1955), but not 1930/31 expedition (unless that expedition data was published in `55).

[mankoff]

Mentioned in

Diamond, M. (1960). Air Temperature and Precipitation on the Greenland Ice Sheet. Journal of Glaciology, 3(27), 558-567. doi:10.3189/S0022143000023674 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-glaciology/article/air-temperature-and-precipitation-on-the-greenland-ice-sheet/2F31DB9ECA5B5530D0F81CB31551F641#R19

“Eismitte”, a station located on the west slope near the crest of the ice sheet in south central Greenland, which was manned for 1 year during 1930–31 by members of the Wegener expedition.

Citing

Wegener, K., and others. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Grönland-Expedition Alfred Wegener 1929 und 1930/1931. Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, 1935. 7 vols.

[BaptisteVandecrux]

Jakob Abermann has digitized the report from that expedition. I have the temperature in the top 15 m. Don't know if they measured further down. You can drop Jakob an email for more info.

[mankoff]

From J. Abermann:

They came down to ca. 15 m below the surface, not deeper. If you need a reference for this, you can use this - temperatures are given in Tab 1 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-glaciology/article/sorges-law-of-densification-of-snow-on-high-polar-glaciers/11F52DA59A607AC2C9ACDC24BEB63156 I also looked at their reports and there they write a sort of 'digging diary' and end up excusing themselves for not having gotten any deeper...