222 Alaskan Science Conference 



Table i.—Low temperature areas (Continued) 



Mean Mean Extr. 



Jan. July Min. Annual 



Latitude Temp. Temp. Temp. Precip. 



Station ° ' °F. °F. °F. In. 



Spitzbergen 

 Green Harbor 78 02 N. 2.7 41.7 — 57 1 1.68 



Sweden 



Haparanda 65 50 N. 11.4 58.1 — 40 18.41 



Stensele 65 04 N. 8.7 54.5 —49 17.32 



Stockholm 59 21 N. 26.6 62.6 — 22 18.64 



Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 



Archangel 64 34 N. 8.1 59.5 —49 17.21 



Bulun 70 45 N. —40.0 52.7 —75 8.75 



Dudinka 69 07 N. — 20.7 56.3 — 70 8.40 



Leningrad 59 56 N. 18.3 63.5 —39 20.44 



Nizhne Kolymsk 68 32 N. — 40.0 53.8 —57 17.58 



Novo Mariiski Post 64 45 N. — 10.5 51.6 — 50 7.45 



Okhotsk 59 21 N. — 10.5 54.3 — 50 11.22 



Olekminsk 60 22 N. — 31.9 66.9 — 76 9.47 



Ust Zylma 65 27 N. — 0.8 57.9 — 61 16.38 



Verkhoyansk 67 33 N. — 58.2 59.9 —90 5.05 



Vologda 59 15 N. 10.4 63.7 — 42 20.04 



Yeniseisk 58 27 N. — 8.5 67.3 —65 16.81 



Special melting tanks equipped with steam coils have been 

 provided in some schools, hospitals and government buildings, 

 but in the majority of homes ice is melted by placing it in a 

 barrel in the heated home and leaving it there to be used later 

 as water. Fresh water lakes and streams are plentiful and the 

 collection of ice does not usually present a problem. However, 

 fresh water ice is occasionally obtained from the sea ice, or snow 

 is melted. Relatively high cost of fuel and the labor necessary 

 to procure an adequate melted ice or snow supply make such 

 a method impractical for obtaining large quantities of water 

 to serve a community. 



Many shallow lakes and ponds freeze to the bottom and do 

 not afford a continuous source of supply. Bodies of water more 

 than eight to ten feet deep may be expected to provide some 

 water throughout the entire year. In most places ice cover 



