. British Antarctic expedition, 1907-9, under the command of Shackleton : reports on the scientific investigations ; geology. Scientific expeditions; Natural history; Geology; Paleontology; Petrology; Ice. A CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF ICE-STRUCTURES 19 Interesting observations on ice forms developed under varying conditions were made within the precincts of the Hut itself. In explanation of subsequent statements, brief mention of the plan of the Hut is necessary. The Hut was entered by an outer door, then along a short vestibule and through an inner door. The Low-temperature Laboratory
. British Antarctic expedition, 1907-9, under the command of Shackleton : reports on the scientific investigations ; geology. Scientific expeditions; Natural history; Geology; Paleontology; Petrology; Ice. A CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF ICE-STRUCTURES 19 Interesting observations on ice forms developed under varying conditions were made within the precincts of the Hut itself. In explanation of subsequent statements, brief mention of the plan of the Hut is necessary. The Hut was entered by an outer door, then along a short vestibule and through an inner door. The Low-temperature Laboratory was a small, tightly enclosed room outside the main room of the Hut, and was entered by a door in one of the walls of the vestibule. From the Low-temperature Laboratory a scramble on hands and knees under the floor of the vestibule brought one to Wild's Store, another well-enclosed adjunct to the Hut. The cooking-range, the only source of heat, was at the end of the Hut remote from the entrance door. Near the stove the temperature would be well above 32° F. and it fell off regularly en route to Wild's Store. The journey to the latter was quite a long and devious one, and along the path there was usually a slight current of air, particularly when the inside door of the Hut was opened. The average winter temperature in Wild's Store ranged from -20° F. to -30° F. As giving some idea of the conditions in the Low-temperature Laboratory, it may be mentioned that on one occasion when the outside temperature was -20° F. that in the Low-temperature Laboratory was -6° F. Moisture rising from the cooking and from our breath kept the air in the Hut fairly well saturated. Much of this was continually depositing as a fuzzy coating in odd corners where low temperatures prevailed, particularly on the inside of the inside door. All such deposits were, however, of little interest, because they never remained long enough to develop pronounced structure before being destroyed by partial thaw
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