Search for Meteorites in Northern Greenland: A Preliminary Feasibility Study

根据南极洲的研究，现在人们已经了解了导致陨石样本在冰原上堆积的过程。促进陨石等地外物体在东南极冰盖上聚集的条件可能也存在于格陵兰岛北部。这次调查的目的是证实陨石标本可能聚集在格陵兰岛北部冰盖边缘附近。这项研究将包括：(1)对已发表的报告和航空照片进行检查，以及(2)对毗邻Peary Land、Washington Land和Inglefield Land的冰盖进行目测。目视检查将从格陵兰岛北部图勒A.B.起飞的合适的空军国民警卫队飞机上进行。这次侦察飞行的结果是，结合从航空照片和报告中获得的见解，未来将在格陵兰北部冰盖的选定地点设计一个实地项目，以核实格陵兰北部冰下基岩脊的存在，并恢复积累在其表面的陨石标本。

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.