Marvin's Ice Shelf Journey, 1906

Abstract

Contains the text of an unpublished report by Ross G. Marvin discovered May 1954 at the U.S. National Archives. It recounts his journey of June 2-July 16, 1906 (during the Peary Expedition, 1905-1906) along the front of the Ellesmere ice shelf during which ocean soundings were made from Point Moss westward to Cape Richards (approx. 83 00-15 N, 67-79 W). Some results of the soundings are given in the narrative, but the data table accompanying the original report is not reproduced. Some biographical data on Marvin are given by V.C. Bushnell and his observations are compared (cf. map) with those of G.F. Hattersley-Smith and A.P. Crary during the Ellesmere Ice Shelf Expedition, summer 1954. An ice island photographed in 1947 is identified as part of the ice shelf as delineated by Marvin.