Search for Meteorites in Northern Greenland: A Preliminary Feasibility Study

导致陨石标本堆积的过程 对冰原的了解是基于 南极洲 促进积累的条件 陨石和其他地外天体 格陵兰岛北方也可能存在南极冰盖。 本次调查的目的是核实， 陨石标本可能聚集在 格陵兰岛北方的冰盖。 这项研究将 包括：（1）审查已发表报告和空中 照片，以及（2）冰盖的目视检查 毗邻皮里地、华盛顿地和英格尔菲尔德 土地 目视检查将在适当的 空军国民警卫队的飞机飞出图勒A。B。在 格陵兰岛北方。 这次侦察的结果 飞行，结合从空中获得的见解， 照片和报告将在未来用于 在冰盖的选定地点设计一个实地项目， 格陵兰岛北方的冰川下的存在 格陵兰岛北方的基岩山脊， 在其表面堆积的陨石标本。

The processes that cause meteorite specimens to accumulate on ice fields are now understood based on research in Antarctica. The conditions which promote the accumulation of meteorites and other extraterrestrial objects on the East Antarctica ice sheet may also exist in northern Greenland. The objective of this investigation is to verify that meteorite specimens may have accumulated near the margin of the ice sheet in northern Greenland. The study will include: (1) an examination of published reports and aerial photographs, and (2) visual inspection of the ice sheet adjacent to Peary Land, Washington Land, and Inglefield Land. The visual inspection will be done from a suitable Air National Guard aircraft flying out of the Thule A. B. in northern Greenland. The results of this reconnaissance flight, combined with insights obtained from aerial photographs and reports will be used in the future to design a field program at a selected site in the ice sheet of northern Greenland to verify the existence of subglacial bedrock ridges in northern Greenland and to recover meteorite specimens that have accumulated in its surface.