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A follow-up to my earlier posting, which attempted to answer Apache Runner's
question about the origin of the Ekman theory of wind drift.

I suggested that Nansen's publication "Some results of the Norwegian Arctic
Expredition 1893-96" might be productive, but a look in Abebooks tells me
that slim volume is just reprinted from an item in the Journal of the Royal
Geographical Society, presumably for 1897. So that may be findable in an
academic library.

But I've also discovered that the results were gathered into a series of (at
least) 6 volumes, "The Norwegian North Polar Expedition 1893-1896 Scientific
Results Vol 1", etc, edited by Nansen (presumably in English). These were
reprinted by Greenwood Press, New York, around 1970, so should be available
in libraries. And I see that Ekman made at least one contribution to that
series (on "Dead-water", in vol 3).

I remember learning about the Ekman theory, in an oceanography course in the
early 1950s (and being a bit sceptical).

George.

contact George Huxtable, at  george@hux.me.uk
or at +44 1865 820222 (from UK, 01865 820222)
or at 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK.
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Huxtable" 
To: 
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 12:47 AM
Subject: Re: [NavList 11079] Nansen question


| Yes, it was on the Fram expedition of 1893-96, , when Nansen made the
| observation sthat led to the Ekman spiral, according to "The Oceans",
| Sverdup, Johnson, and Fleming (1942), page 492.
|
| I have the two volumes of Nansen's "Furthest North", but a very-quick scan
| from the index has only led to passages which seem to imply that ice was
| drifting straight downwind, not at an angle. But Nansen says that further
| publications will follow with the scientific details. He later published
| which might be
| productive, but I don't know it.
|
| George
|
| contact George Huxtable, at  george@hux.me.uk
| or at +44 1865 820222 (from UK, 01865 820222)
| or at 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK.
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "Apache Runner" 
| To: 
| Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 11:35 PM
| Subject: [NavList 11077] Nansen question
|
|
|| Does anyone know the original publication of Nansen's work that led to
the
|| Eckman theory of currents?
||
|| As I recall, he noticed that icebergs moved at some angle (30-40 degrees)
|| with respect to the direction that the wind was blowing them and deduced
|| that it was due to the combination of the wind and the Coriolis effect.
|| That observation was the basis of the Eckman theory.   I'm curious about
| the
|| expedition this was sighted on.    I think it was the famous Polar drift
| of
|| the Fram, but I'm not sure.   I don't recall seeing it written in
Furthest
|| North (quite a tale, too), so I'm assuming it was a scientific
| publication.
||
|| Anyone know?
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