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The temperature of the Sukkertoppen ice cap

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2017

T. A. Henry  and
R. J. White
T. A. Henry
Affiliation:
42 Hilary Avenue, Cheadle, Cheshire, England
R. J. White
Affiliation:
42 Hilary Avenue, Cheadle, Cheshire, England
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Journal of Glaciology , Volume 5 , Issue 38 , 1964 , pp. 265
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Copyright © International Glaciological Society 1964

The Editor, Journal of Glaciology

Sir,

We are very interested to read the paper by C. Bull in the October 1963 issue of the Journal of Glaciology, in particular the section classifying the ice cap as temperate.

The analysis of the results from the Cambridge West Greenland Glaciological Expedition 1958, mentioned in Dr Bull’s paper, is nearing completion A small part of the expedition’s field work was the measurement of ice temperature in the glacier Lyngbrae which flows north from the Sukkertoppen ice cap Borings in the upper part of the glacier near the foot of the ice fall extended deeper than the crest of the winter cold wave. The readings show clearly that the glacier at these points was not temperate From them we infer that the ice cap itself was probably “arctic” in this region However, this does not accord with Dr Bull’s findings.

30 October 1963