Dome Fuji Station

The Best Position for Deep Drilling on Antarctica ：Dome Fuji

Dome Fuji Station	Dome Fuji Station
	Position	77� 19' 01"S
		39� 42' 12"E
	Elevation	3810m
	Ice Thickness	3030m
	Annual mean temperature	-54.4 �C
	Minimun temerature	-79.9�C
	Annual mean precipitation	2.5g/cm2
	Average wind speed	5.4m/s

　

Stock-still Ich-sheet peak The Ice Sheet covering the Antarctic Continent is strained by its own weight, and flows slowly into sea. At the same time, the center of ice dome is not pushed sidling, and snow has been accumulated from ancient time as snow and ice layers.

　

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1.Ice Core as a Time Cupsule for Environmental Information 2.Approach to the Mysteries of the Mechanism of Glacier - Interglacier Cycle
3.The Mechanism of Meteorological and Environmental Changes, 4.Dome Fuji Station, 5.Deep Ice Drilling System, 6.Schedule

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