2018-09-04 Guide to the Ian M. Whillans Papers, 1955-2001 SPEC.PA.56.0202 Finding aid prepared by David Klemp; Devon Boerman Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections

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2011; 2018 October This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2019-03-25T15:46-0400 Describing Archives: A Content Standard Ian M. Whillans Papers SPEC.PA.56.0202 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 11.34 Cubic feet 1955-2001 Ian M. Whillans was a glaciologist at the Byrd Polar Research Center (formerly the Institute of Polar Studies) specializing in the study of Antarctic Ice Streams. Since much of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) floats above the sea floor and is not grounded in the earth, Whillans' work studying streams was important in understanding the impact of climate change on WAIS. The Ian M. Whillans Papers, dated 1955-2001, contains datasheets, maps, articles, aerial photographs, negatives, notes, correspondence and field books regarding Whillans' glaciological research in Antarctica and Arctic regions. (16) 5'' letter document boxes; (8) oversize flat boxes; (2) card boxes; (1) 2.5'' letter document box; (1) map English Whillans, I.M., (Ian M.) Arrangement of Materials

The Ian M. Whillans Papers are arranged into 7 series: Series 1: Anvers Island Series 2: Devon Island Series 3: Glacier Bay Series 4: Byrd Station Antarctica Series 5: Greenland Ice Sheet Project (GISP) Series 6: Ice Stream B Research Series 7: West Antarctic Ice Stream Project (WISP)

Acquisitions Information

Accession No. PA.56.2011.0007: Byrd Polar Research Center, 2011 February

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Materials in Box 27 have restricted access and may not be viewed without prior curatorial consent. The remainder of this collection is available for patron research, but may be used in the University Archives reading room only. Contact the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program at polararchives@osu.edu for more information.

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Biographical Note

Ian M. Whillans (1944-2001) was a glaciologist at the Byrd Polar Research Center (formerly the Institute of Polar Studies) specializing in the study of Antarctic Ice Streams. He earned his doctorate degree in geology and mineralogy from Ohio State University in 1975. Before earning his doctorate, Whillans did research at Devon Island, Canada, and Glacier Bay, Alaska, as part of the Institute of Polar Studies, from 1966-1973. Whillans was involved in the research of Western Antarctic ice streams, Ice Stream B in particular. Since much of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) floats above the sea floor and is not grounded in the earth, Dr. Whillans' work studying streams would be important in understanding the impact of climate change on WAIS. From 1980 to 1981, Whillans participated in the Greenland Ice Sheet Project; this project brought together researchers from the United States, Denmark and Switzerland to drill and study ice cores. He also did work with the United States Antarctic program where he helped find safe routes for heavy equipment traveling across Antarctica. Ian Whillans died on May 9, 2001. Soon after his death, the Advisory Committee for Antarctic Names renamed Ice Stream B to Whillans Ice Stream. The Committee designates names after "representatives of many nations, who, by their heroic efforts to broaden man's knowledge of this land of ice and snow, have fully demonstrated the international nature of the world of science."

Scope and Content

The Ian M. Whillans Papers, dated 1955-2001, contains datasheets, maps, reports, articles, aerial photographs, negatives, notes, equipment lists, calculations and field books regarding Whillans' glaciological research in Antarctica and Arctic regions.

Greenland Ice Sheet Program. Ohio State University--Research. Ohio State University. Byrd Polar Research Center. Ohio State University. Institute of Polar Studies. Whillans, I.M., (Ian M.) Aerial photographs Antarctica--Discovery and exploration--American--20th century Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--American--20th century Climatic changes--Research--20th century Data (information) Field notes Glaciologists--Ohio--Columbus--20th century Glaciology--Research--20th century Ice streams--Antarctica--20th century Maps (documents) Negatives (photographs) Polar regions--Research--20th century Anvers Island Series 1 circa 1955-1969 Scope and Contents

The Anvers Island series, dated circa 1955-1969, contains datasheets, maps, aerial photographs, graphs, charts, equipment instructions, and articles that relate to Whillan's glaciological research on Anvers Island, Antarctica from 1966-1968. Anvers Island is an island in the Palmer Archipelago of West Antarctica and is where the United States Research station Palmer Station is located. The aerial photographs and some of the geological articles and maps were created before his expedition and were presumably created by other researchers. Materials are arranged chronologically and then alphabetically by topic or given title within the same date. Undated materials are listed at the end of the series.

Litchfield Island maps 1 1 circa 1955-1969 Loudwater Cove and Norsel Point maps 1 2 circa 1955-1969 Aerial images 55-74 21 1 1956 December 12 Aerial images 102-120 21 2 1956 December 12 Aerial images 61-39 21 3 1956 December 15 Aerial images 55-38 21 4 1956 December 29 Aerial images 34-2 21 5 1956 December Aerial images 54-82,85 22 1-2 1956 December Aerial images 104-75 22 3 1956 December Aerial images 120-149 22 4-5 1956 December Aerial images 121-86 23 1-2 1956 December Aerial images 130-162 23 3 1956 December Local Area aerial images 23 4 1956 December Aerial images 31 23 5 1956 Aerial images 33-5 23 6-7 1956 Aerial images 40-69 23 8-9 1956 Aerial images 98-105, 96-85 24 1 1956 Falkland Island dependencies print layout and notes 1 3 1956 Geological article reprints from other researchers 1 4 1956-1965 Litchfield Island British Royal Navy survey correspondence and data 1 5-6 1956-1957, 1968 Humble Island maps 1 7 circa 1956-1969 Tellurometers manual, data and calculations 1 8 1959-1969 Arthur Harbor oblique aerial photographs 24 2 1963-1965 Equipment instructions, lists and telegram requests 1 9 1963-1967 Arthur Harbor maps 1 10 circa 1963-1969 Tellurometer calculations and Yen (Yin-Chao) "Effective Thermal Conductivity of Ventilated Snow" abstract 1 11 circa 1963-1969 British Antarctic Territory, Anvers Island, South Coast West Sheet map 1 12 1964 British Antarctic Territory, Anvers Island, South Coast East Sheet map 1 13 1964 Anvers Island map 1 1964 Survey results datasheets, calculations and report 1 14 1966-1969 Drift experiment proposal 1 15 circa 1966-1969 Electric properties of snow experiment 1 16 circa 1966-1969 Strain diamonds graphs and data 1 17 1967 February-April Boxed-Block 1 photographs and measurements 2 1 1967 February-November Percolation data, outlines and weather summaries 2 2 1967 April-July Survey G Line 2 3 1967 May-October Boxed-Block Set 2 photographs, field notes and data 2 4 1967 June Boxed-Block 3 field notes and data 2 5 1967 July-October Boxed-Blocks Set 4 field notes and data 2 6 1967 August-September Survey Neumeyer data and calculations 2 7 1967 November-December Survey accumulation lines data 2 8 1967 December 17 Survey TT and cross ties data 2 9 1967 December Electromotive Force (EMF) Bridge: Potentiometer order forms and specifications 2 10 1967 Expedition plans and glaciology inventory 2 11 1967 Palmer station research data, reports and telegrams 2 12 1967 Photograph and negative strips and inventory 2 13-14 1967 Rammsonde photographs and specifications 2 15 1967 Rundel (Arthur S.), datasheets and binary cards 2 16 1967 Skua Lake Ice Cliff proposal and field notes 2 17 1967 Altimeters datasheets 3 1 1967-1968 Deep Pits notes and chart 3 2 1967-1968 Phototheodolite measurements, notes, and photographs 3 3 1967-1968 Ramp programme field notes and data 3 4 1967-1968 Survey data and equipment adjustments 3 5 1967-1968 Survey from islands data 3 6 1967-1968 Survey H, K Lines data and photograph 3 7 1967-1968 Survey Main-Mountain data 3 8-9 1967-1968 Survey T Line 3 10 1967-1968 Aerial photograph locations map 3 11 circa 1968-1969 Tellurometer fine reading analysis and coordinate computations datasheets 3 12 1969 August-September Arthur Harbor map 3 13 undated Elevation map 3 14 undated Devon Island Series 2 1955-1971 Scope and Contents

The Devon Island series, dated 1955-1971, contains charts, maps, surveys, notes, lists, datasheets, calculations and correspondence regarding Whillans' glaciological research on Devon Island, Canada from 1966-1968. The series also contains maps and preparation materials that predate the expedition as well correspondence that explains the reasons why Whillans' research at Devon Island ended. Materials are arranged chronologically and then alphabetically by topic or format within the same date.

Charts and topographical maps 3 15 1955, 1963-1968 Canada maps 3 16 1959-1967 Maps, articles and references by others 3 17 1959-1968 Engineering 265: Computer Programing Course for Senior High School Students and Teachers notebook 4 1 1962 Final Data Ice Core Survey - Edge; Second survey mapsheets 4 2 1962, circa 1968-1970 Edge Profile; HT poles and chaining and leveling data and correspondence 4 3 1963-1971 Notes, supply lists and reports 4 4 1965-1969 Koerner (Roy M.), "Some Observations on Superimposition of Ice on the Devon Island Ice Cap, N.W.T.(Northwest Territories), Canada" article 4 5 1966 May Correspondence and travel documents 4 6 1966-1969 Holmes (A.) geology notes 4 7 circa 1966-1970 Zeus gas electric generator 4 8 1968 May-June Sun Shot data 4 9 1968 July 30 Correspondence 4 10 1968 Data and charts 4 11 1968 Equipment and travel expenses 4 12 1968 Gravity data 4 13 1968 Motor toboggans 4 14 1968 Sun Shot Dry Run data readings and food list 4 15 1968 Vertical angles data 5 1 1968 Equipment list, order and travel forms 5 2 1968-1969 (Bull) Colin meeting notes 5 3 circa 1968 First survey: Ice core survey: Edge horizontal data 5 4 circa 1968-1969 Model proposal 5 5 circa 1968-1969 Photographs 5 6 circa 1968-1969 Edge grid: Chaining and leveling data 5 7 circa 1968-1970 Final calculations, first survey, Ice core survey: Edge 5 8 circa 1968-1970 First survey: Ice core survey, edge: Horizontal data and base net 5 9-10 circa 1968-1970 Shear plane temperature anomaly calculations 5 11 circa 1968-1970 Station notes with Draper's readings 5 12 circa 1968-1970 Upper Grid; Pole heights and leveling data 5 13 circa 1968-1970 Baffin Island negatives, field notes and correspondence 5 14-15 1969 Correspondence 5 16 1969 Proposal and budget 6 1-2 1969 Post 1969 correspondence 6 3 1970 Glacier Bay Series 3 1970-1975 Scope and Contents

The Glacier Bay series, dated 1970-1975, contains photographs, stamps, datasheets, charts, syllabi and botany instructions regarding Whillans' and fellow Ohio State University professor Pei-Hsing Wu's research at Glacier Bay, Alaska regarding the effect of shade on plants, specifically moss, in cold regions. Materials are arranged chronologically.

Photographs, used stamps and Natural Science in America catalog 6 4 1970-1975 Mosses on thin-layer chromatography (TLC) plates data 6 5-6 1972-1973 (Wu) Pei-Hsing Botany 642: Plant Microtechnique syllabi and instructions 6 7 circa 1972-1974 Moss shade study data, charts and TLC plates 6 8-9 1973-1974 Byrd Station Antarctica Series 4 1963, 1969-1982 Scope and Contents

The Byrd Station Antarctica series, dated 1963, and 1969-1982, contains datasheets, manuals, correspondence, instructions, reports, photographs, proposals, expenses, lists, negatives and personnel files regarding Whillans' glaciological research at Byrd Station in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica from 1969-1974. Materials are arranged chronologically and then alphabetically by topic, format, or given title within the same date.

Access to Materials

Materials in Box 27, Folders 1 and 2 have restricted access and may not be viewed without prior curatorial consent due to personally identifiable medical information.

Radar manuals and diagrams 6 10 1963 Correspondence 6 11 1969 Geodimeter instructions and field notes 6 12 1969 Level instrument instructions and notes 7 10 1969 Proposals, summaries and levelling data 7 2 1969 United States Geological Survey (USGS) correspondence and notes 7 3 1969 Altimeter traverses measurements and graph 7 4 1969-1970 Computer planning program: Chaining and leveling data 7 5 1969-1970 Correspondence 7 6 1969-1970 Distancing adjustment data 7 7 1969-1970 Distancing data 7 8 1969-1970 Experiment field notes and charts 7 9 1969-1970 Field season schedules, reports and equipment lists 7 10 1969-1970 Geodimeter calculations 7 11 1969-1970 Levelling data 7 12 1969-1970 Levelling elevations data 7 13 1969-1970 Photographs and leveling charts 7 14 1969-1970 Snow pits profile comparison data 7 15 8 1 1969-1970 Station Relations: Pole heights, lengths and distances 8 2 1969-1970 Theodolite work data 8 3 1969-1970 Travel expenses and stock panel instruments catalog 8 4 1969-1970 Fairy rings data 8 5 1969-1971 Elevation changes data 8 6 circa 1969-1973 Jacobian for separate triangles data 8 7 circa 1969-1973 Datasheets 8 8 circa 1969-1974 Data reduction program: Snow pit profile data 8 9 1970 June-July Grande programmes proposal: Ross Ice Shelf, West Antarctica 8 10 1970-1971 Byrd Station Strain Network (BSSN) data 8 11 1970-1972 Coding forms, data and notes 8 12 1970-1972 Field equipment lists and medical examination reports 27 1 1970-1972 Access to Materials

Materials in this folder have restricted access and may not be viewed without prior curatorial consent. Personally identifiable medical information contained.

Personnel questionnaires, notes and photograph 8 13 1970-1972 Research Foundation Project 322-A1 grant reports and correspondence 8 14 1970-1974 Distancing data 9 1 1971-1972 Equipment parameters 9 2 1971-1972 Fairy rings data 9 3 1971-1972 Kohnen (Heinz) and Robert W. Risebrough correspondence 9 4 1971-1972 Levelling adjustment data 9 5 1971-1972 Order leveling data 9 6 1971-1972 Primary data reduction program: datasheets and graphs 9 7 1971-1972 Proposals, budgets and personnel information 9 8 1971-1972 Snow pits graphs and data 9 9 1971-1972 Distancing adjustment data and charts 9 10 circa 1971-1973 Field equipment lists and network charts 9 11 circa 1971-1974 Levelling data 9 12 1972 March-April Data reduction program and distancing order data 9 13 1972 April 5 Theodolite data 9 14 1972 Correspondence 9 15 1972-1973 Field preparation: Equipment catalogs and medical examination report 27 2 1972-1973 Access to Materials

Materials in this folder have restricted access and may not be viewed without prior curatorial consent. Personally identifiable medical information contained.

Glaciology of the Antarctic Peninsula proposals and staff directory 9 16 1972-1973 National Science Foundation correspondence 9 17 1972-1973 Byrd Station Strain Network (BSSN) surface densities data 10 1 9 18 1972-1974 Pole heights and tilts data 10 2 1972-1974 Correspondence and correspondents list 10 3 1973 Europe grant reports and requests 10 4 1973 Kite correspondence, charts, and specifications 10 5 1973 Skidoos correspondence, reports and specifications 10 6 1973-1974 Pole heights data 10 7 1974 February-May Levelling data 10 8 1974 February-June Distancing data 10 9 1974 March 3 Altimeter data 10 10 1974 Coding forms and data 10 11 1974 Data reduction programs and oxygen isotope sample data 10 12 1974 Eighth column pole heights and snow drift stakes data 11 1 1974 Erebus Ice Tongue data and field notes 11 2 1974 Fairy rings data and graph 11 3 1974 Food inventory left at Pooh Corner 11 4 1974 Geodimeter data 11 5 1974 Pole tilts, extensions 11 6 1974 Reports and abstract 11 7 1974 Seismic charts and photograph strips 11 8 1974 Theodolite data 11 9 1974 Geology and Mineralogy 100 syllabus and geological map 11 10 1981 Winter Geology and Mineralogy 100 syllabus 11 11 1982 Spring Greenland Ice Sheet Project (GISP) Series 5 1960, 1970-2001 Scope and Contents

The Greenland Ice Sheet Project (GISP) series, dated 1960, 1970-2001, contains correspondence, budgets, equipment lists, data sets, datasheets, personnel files, published and unpublished scholarly articles from Whillans' glaciological research. From 1980 to 1981, Whillans was a part of the Greenland Ice Sheet Project, which brought together researchers from the United States, Denmark and Switzerland to drill and study ice cores. Materials are arranged chronologically and then alphabetically by topic or format within the same date.

Access to Materials

Materials in Box 27, Folders 3-6 have restricted access due to personally identifiable student information and may not be viewed without prior curatorial consent.

Goldwaite (Richard P.), "Regimen of An Ice Cliff On Land in Northwest Greenland" article 11 12 1960 Proposals, reports and correspondence 11 13-14 1960, 1974-1979 Scope and Contents

The original file noted that the materials were considered obsolete in some context.

Camp Century articles, reports and correspondence 11 15-16 1970, 1980-1986 Field season equipment, summaries and photographs 11 17 1973-1980 Magnavox and Danish doppler data, correspondence and catalog 12 1-2 1974-1985 English and Danish Isotopic diffusion 12 3 1977-1985 Laser Net data, calculations, horizontal surveys 12 4 1978-1984 Dye-3 laser, strain rate calculations, data and charts 12 5 1978-1985 Equipment orders, lists and articles 12 6 1979-1980 Planning notes, correspondence and personnel information 27 3 1979-1980 Access to Materials

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Transit results and cluster velocities figures 12 7 circa 1979-1987 Student assistant correspondence 12 8 1980 Pit temperature profiles charts and data 12 9 1980-1981 Proposals, budgets and grant forms 27 4 1980-1982 Access to Materials

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Altimeter traverses charts and data 12 10 1980-1983 Camp Century flow model articles, data, and charts 12 11 1980-1986 English and French Beta measurements and core depths data 12 12 circa 1980-1983 Accumulation graphs 12 13 circa 1980-1987 Student assistant correspondence and advertisement 13 1 1981 February-May Student assistant correspondence 13 2 1981 April Pit work data and packing lists 13 3-4 1981 Proposals, requests and reports 27 5-6 1981 Access to Materials

Materials in this folder have restricted access and may not be viewed without prior curatorial consent. Personally identifiable information contained.

Danish, Kenneth C. Jezek data and charts 13 5 1981-1984 Data report and charts 13 6 1981-1987 Pole heights and locations 13 7 circa 1981-1987 Dye-3 Laser Net: Unpublished interpretations and charts 13 8 1982-1983 Pit summaries data and charts 13 9 1982-1983 Dye 3 Layer Deformation charts, data and negatives 13 10 1982-1986 "Ice Flow Leading to the Deep Core-Hole at Dye-3": Annals of Glaciology, Volume 5: Proceedings of Evanston Symposium correspondence and figures 14 1 1983-1984 International Glaciological Society Sapporo, Japan Symposium booking correspondence 14 2 1984 May 14 Dye-3, Laser-satellite comparison charts and data 14 3 1984 Sapporo, Japan symposium travel forms and schedules 14 4 1984 Kostecka (Joseph M.) and Whillans, "Mass Balance Along Two Transects of the West Side of the Greenland Ice Sheet" drafts, charts and correspondence 14 5-6 1984-1987 Accumulation rates correspondence and data 14 7 1984-2001 Data report, "nearly last" drafts and figures 14 8-9 circa 1986 Data report, final figures 14 10 1987 Ice Stream B Research Series 6 1983-1990 Scope and Contents

The Ice Stream B Research series, dated 1983-1990, contains aerial photographs, datasheets, diapositives and prints regarding Whillans' glaciological research at Ice Stream B on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, from circa 1983-1986. The number sequences of the aerial photograph sets were numbered by the creator. The sets use "~" to indicate that not every numbered photograph within the specified range is present in the collection. Materials in this series are arranged chronologically and then alphabetically by topic or given title within the same date.

Surface Features of Ice Stream B, Siple Coast, West Antarctica annotated map 24 3 1983-1986 Aerial photograph correct exposure models 24 4 1984 January 28 Scope and Contents

Taken by JMR as models for correct exposure and was used for a comparison point with the other aerial photographs.

Aerial photographs, 10-066~10-088 24 5 1984 January 28 Scope and Contents