New Zealand Prepared by: Nancy Bertler
email:nancy.bertler@vuw.ac.nz
Baldwin Valley Glacier
Location: S 77†19', E 162†32'
Altitude: 1150m asl
Distance from the coast: 26km
Samples and data obtained:
| 1999/2000 | Recovery of 36m firn core, snow stratigraphy, dust collection, borehole temperature, mass balance (coffee can) measurement, meteorological observations |
| 2000/2001 | Sampling of 4m snow profile (1cm resolution), snow stratigraphy, density and temperature profile, mass balance (coffee can) measurements, meteorological observations, radiation and snow temperature flux, diatom and dust traps |
Wilson Piedmont Glacier
Location: S 77†16', E 163†15'
Altitude: 400m asl
Distance from the coast: 8km
Samples and data obtained:
| 2000/2001 | Recovery of 23m firn core, sampling of 3m snow profile (1cm resolution), snow stratigraphy, density and temperature profile, diatom and dust traps, GPS survey of surface topography |
Polar Plateau near Shapeless Mountain
Location: S 77†21', E 159†52'
Altitude: 2400m asl
Distance from the coast: 80km
Samples and data obtained:
| 2001/2002 | Sampling of 3m snow profile (1cm resolution), snow stratigraphy, density and temperature profile, meteorological observations |