Heat Wave On Fringe Of Antarctica. 12 Jan 1956. According to the staff aerologist, the weather lately had been abnormally warm because a wedge of warm air from New Zealand had crashed through the usually impenetrable wall of westerlies guarding the Antarctic
Heat Wave On Fringe Of Antarctica (1956, January 12). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995), p. 2. Retrieved August 13, 2021, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/138116894?searchTerm=heat%20wave&searchLimits=dateFrom=1956-01-01|||dateTo=1956-12-31#
NEW YORK, Wednesday.
A comparative heat wave with temperatures up to 39 degrees had set back construction plans for operation “Deepfreeze,” the United States expedition to the Antarctic, a correspondent at McMurdo Sound reported in The New York Times to-day.
The above freezing daily readings since January 1, ranging from 36 to 39 degrees, had been developing cracks and slush in 30 miles of bay is between five Navy ships off Ross Island and the base site at Hut Point.
As a result tons of cargo destined for the base still were in the holds of the ships.
The weakening bay ice was believed to have been a contributing factor to the death on Friday of a New York Seabee who was trapped in a 35-ton tractor that fell through the ice off Cape Rayds.
According to the staff aerologist, the weather lately had been abnormally warm because a wedge of warm air from New Zealand had crashed through the usually impenetrable wall of westerlies guarding the Antarctic