A re-examination of the winds of Adélie Land, Antarctica

It has been nearly a century since the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (hereafter, AAE) under the leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson first set foot on the Antarctic continent. The party arrived at what would become the base station of Cape Denison (67°S, 142.7°E; see Fig. 1) in January 1912. For the next two years, party members maintained a record of weather observations, the first extensive meteorological log for a station on the main body of the Antarctic ice sheets. The wind was the outstanding feature of the Adélie Land climate. Phenomenally high wind speeds were experienced throughout the course of the expeAust. Met. Mag. 55 (2006) 105-117