Download or read book Antarctic Ice Observing and Forecasting Program-1966 written by NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE NSTL STATION MS. and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ice program conducted by the Naval Oceanographic Office principally in support of DEEP FREEZE 67 antarctic operations is presented in this report. Methods of data collection and dissemination, ice forecasting, and various allied ice projects are discussed. A summary of ice conditions in the Ross Sea and McMurdo Sound is given graphically for the period October 1966 through January 1967. Ice concentrations were lighter than those experienced during DEEP FREEZE 66 and approximated DEEP FREEZE 65 conditions. Rapid disintegration during late November and early December resulted in open water to ice-free conditions in major shipping lanes.