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Re. finding meteorites...

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>>Why has no one looked in Greenland?
> 
> Over 100 feet of ice pack has formed since 1944 in Greenland. The P-38s
> recently recovered there were buried under 100 feet of ice. Anything
> that falls there quickly becomes buried deeply in the ice. In Antarctica, 
> there are large areas where the annual snowfall is measured in fractional
> inches. So meteorites that fall there are easier to find without extensive
> drilling.
> 
> Gary
> 
> -- 
> Gary Coffman KE4ZV  

Seems to me I remember a childhood reference which stated that Peary found 
a rather large meteorite (multiton) that had been mined by the local residents
for some time (decades/centuries/millenia???).  In any case, I think he took it 
back to the US.  The picture still in my mind (or maybe imagination) is of 
a rocky barrens.  In such a place, the same logic as Antarctica would 
apply, I suppose.

John Garland
jgarland@kean.ucs.mun.ca