Scientists and U.S. Army cooperating conquer Mauna Kea
- Author:
- Bryan, E. H., Jr.
- Title:
- Scientists and U.S. Army cooperating conquer Mauna Kea
- Periodical:
- The Friend
- Year:
- 1935
- Volume:
- 105
- Pages:
- 572-573
- Subject:
- Hawaiian Academy of Science Humuula Lake Waiau Mauna Kea description and travel Natural history Mauna Kea Scientific expeditions Mauna Kea
- Summary:
- This document describes the cooperations among U.S. Army, the Coast Guard Cutter Itasca, the Parker Ranch, the Hawaiian Department, and a number of scientists, and the Hawaiian Academy of Science, which enabled the Mauna Kea expedition. The expedition recorded two weeks' meteorological data at Lake Waiau; studied in detail by Dr. Wentworth the glaciation and volcanic activity on the dome; took samples of water, algae, plankton, and insects in and around Lake Waiau; found and collected specimens of silversword on the upper slope.
- Label:
- Mauna Kea - Early Accounts
- Date:
- September 1935
- Collection:
- Periodicals