Preliminary Report on Scientific Work on "Fletcher's Ice Island", T3

Abstract

During March 1952, landings were made on T3, one of the large ice islands in the Arctic Ocean,l by a ski-equipped C 47 aircraft from Flight D of the loth Air Rescue Service, Alaskan Air Command. Lt. Col. J. O. D Fletcher, Dr. K. Rodahl, and Capt. M. Brinegar, from this command, remained on the island to reconnoitre and to construct a temporary campsite. During April, A. P. Crary and R. D. Cotell, civilian scientists from the U.S.A.F. Cambridge Research Center, and Capt. Paul Green, communications expert from the Alaskan Air Command, were landed on the island with their equip- ment, and Dr. Rodahl and Capt. Brinegar were taken off. By early May the permanent campsite, consisting of three Jamesway portable huts for living and working quarters, and snow or tarpaulin shelters for supplies, had been completed (Fig. 1).