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标题：International Trans Antarctic Scientifi c Expedition (ITASE)
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作者：PAUL ANDREW MAYEWSKI
期刊名称：PAGES News
印刷版ISSN：1811-1602
电子版ISSN：1811-1610
出版年度：2006
卷号：14
期号：1
页码：26-26
出版社：PAGES International Project Office
摘要：ITASE has as its primary aim the collection and interpretation of a continent-wide array of environmental parameters (Fig. 1), assembled through the coordinated efforts of scientists from 20 nations. ITASE offers the groundbased opportunities of traditional style traverse travel, coupled with the modern technology of GPS, crevasse detecting radar, satellite communications and multi-disciplinary research (Fig. 2). By operating predominantly in the mode of an oversnow traverse, ITASE offers scientists the opportunity to experience the dynamic range of the Antarctic environment. The combination of disciplines represented by ITASE provides a unique, multi-dimensional (x, y, z and time) view of the ice sheet and its history. As of 2004, ITASE has completed >20,000 km of snow radar, recovered more than 240 firn/ice cores (total depth 7000 m), remotely penetrated to ~4000 m into the ice sheet, and sampled the atmosphere to heights of >20 km.