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AT Hut Point Peninsula (lat. 77° 51′ S., long. 166° 48′ E.) pebbles of basalt up to 17 mm in diameter with some sand and silt have recently been blown half a mile up a snow-free ice slope to be stopped by snow cover 200 ft. higher than the foot of the slope. After being halted the pebbles melt their way down into the ice. The pebbles are probably transported during winter when southerly gusts reach a velocity of up to 120 knots.
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David, T. W., and Priestley, R. E., Brit. Ant. Exp. 1907–09, Geol., 1 (W. Heinemann, 1914).
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WELLMAN, H. Transport of Pebbles over Smooth Ice in Antarctica. Nature 197, 681 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197681c0
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