Electrical resistivity and ground temperature at Scott Base, Antarctica

Abstract

Electrical resistivities and ground temperatures were measured at Scott Base throughout 1959. These measurements showed that the resistivity of the permafrost near the surface varied by a factor of about 50 to 1 throughout the year; that an exponential relation exists between resistivity and temperature at least from −10°c to −30°c; and that the geothermal heat flux is about 40 times normal.