Physical methods of investigation of ice and snow

This collection contains material from a scientific symposium organized by the Order of Lenin Arctic and Antarctic Scientific Research Institute and the Interdepartmental Commission on the Study of the Antarctic, Earth Sciences Section, Presidium of the Academy of Sciences U.S.S.R., held in Leningrad 1-5 October 1973. The articles presented, by both Soviet and foreign scientists, reflect the results of investigations of recent years in the following areas: (1) electromagnetic methods of investigation of ice and snow; active and passive radar methods of investigation of the ice and snow cover; (2) optical methods of investigation of the ice, snow and water; (3) dynamic and static methods of investigation of the mechanical properties of ice and snow.