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The contribution of polar expeditions to the science of glaciology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Hans W:Son Ahlmann
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Polar research is significant to glaciologists first because real inland ice is found only in the polar regions, and secondly because most of the glaciers there belongto a distinct geophysical type. It is therefore remarkable that the snow, iceand glaciers of these regions only recently became objects of interest and study.

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Polar Record , Volume 5 , Issue 37-38 , September 1949 , pp. 324 - 331
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1949

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