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Scotia Arc GPS Project - 2002 Field Work

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2002 Field Work

Location of cruise

UTIG scientists, Fred Taylor and Cliff Frohlich, were on board the Antarctic Research Support Vessel (ARSV) Laurence M. Gould Cruise LMG02-9 in late 2002. LMG02-9 cruised near Antarctica in support of US NSF-sponsored projects IO-194-E of Dr. Brenda Hall, University of Maine-Orono, and GO-080-0 of Dr. Fred Taylor and Dr. Ian Dalziel, University of Texas-Austin.

Publication describing results of the 2002 field work:

  • Taylor, F. W., M. G. Bevis, I. W. D. Dalziel, R. Smalley, C. Frohlich, E. Kendrick, J. Foster, D. A. Phillips, and K. Gudipati, Kinematics and segmentation of the South Shetland Islands-Bransfield basin system, northern Antarctic Peninsula, Geochem., Geophys., Geosyst., 9, Q04035, doi:10.1029/2007GC00183, 2008.

 

During the cruise, Cliff Frohlich sent home letters describing what happened:
(with scenic photographs)

Nov. 24   At Sea...

Nov. 26   Drake Passage

Nov. 28   Field Work Begins

Nov. 30   Antarctic Sociology

Dec. 03   Palmer Station; Now 50 Knots

Dec. 05   Well-placed Penguin

Dec. 08   Muddling Along

Dec. 11   Windy...

Dec. 16   Elephant Island

Dec. 22   That is all...



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