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The Transactions of the Former “Association for the Study of Snow and Ice”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2017

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It may be of interest at this stage to recall the papers and discussions at meetings since the commencement of the activities of the Association for the Study of Snow and Ice until the war put a temporary end to them.

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Copyright © International Glaciological Society 1947

Date Venue Paper Read by
Dec. 11 1936 Royal Geographical Society, London 1. Survey of Snowfall in the British Isles and problems needing investigation in Scottish Snowbeds. Mr. L. C. W. Bonacina
Dec. 11 1936 Royal Geographical Society, London 2. Notes on the Snowfall in northern England. Mr. G. Manley
3. The Firn Structure of the North-East Land Ice Cap Mr. R. Moss
Apr. 23 1937 Royal Geographical Society, London 1. Ice and Snow (Névé): their erosional effects, with special reference to North-East Greenland Dr.N. E. Odell
2. The Long-distance Mass Drifting of Snow in relation to the meaning of the Fall of Snow Mr. L. C. W. Bonacina
June 29 1937 Royal Geographical Society, London 1. Discussion on the inauguration of a system of snow reporting for the British Snowbeds Opened by Mr. L. C. W. Bonacina
2. Discussion on the proposed Jungfraujoch Research Expedition Opened by Mr. G. Selingman
Oct. 22 1937 Edinburgh Discussion on the proposed reporting system for the British Snowbeds
Oct. 26 1937 Royal Geographical Society, London 1. Ditto
2. The possible application to snow of experiments on Drifting Sand Major R. A. Bagnold
3. The share taken by Glacial and Fluvial Erosion in the Sculpture of Mountain Forms Dr. R. B. McConnell
Dec. 16 1937 Royal Geographical Society, London The Structure and FIow of Glacier Ice Dr. L. Hawkes
Apr. 6 1938 Joint with Association of British Members of the Swiss Alpine Club, London. 1. Snow and Ice Forms encountered by the ski-runner and mountaineer Mr. A. D. Baines
2. Mountain weather and simple forecasting for the climber in Great Britain Mr. G. Manley
Oct. 28 1938 Geographical Department, Cambridge 1. Relic Glacial Forms in Graham Land The Reverend W. L. S. Fleming
2. Sea-ice Problems in North-East Greenland and the Canadian Arctic Mr. J. M. Wordie
Dec. 8 1938 Royal Geographical Society, London. 1. Nivation in the South Downs. Part 1—Coombe Formation Dr. A. J. Bull
2. Freeze-thaw processes in Cirque Sculpture Mr. W. V. Lewis
Apr. 21 1939 Geographical Department, Cambridge Results of the Jungfraujoch Research Party’s Investigations Members of the party
July. 12 1939 Royal Geographical Society, London 1. Report on the Snow Survey of the British Hills 1938–39 Mr. G. Manley
2. Nivation in the South Downs. Part II—Formation of Dry Valleys Dr. A. J. Bull
July. 12 1939 Royal Geographical Society, London 3. Discussion to make proposals for Admiral Byrd’s Antarctic Expedition Opened by the Reverend W. L.S. Fleming
Feb. 7 1940 Geological Society, London 1. Preliminary report of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, Washington Congress, 1939 Dr. N. E. Odell
2. Report on the Snow Survey of the British Hills 1939–40 Mr. L. C. W. Bonacina

The transactions at the meeting of 12 July 1939 are summarized in Papers and Discussions, Vol. 1 (3), which is available free to members and at 2s. 6d. for non-members. There are a few numbers of Vol. 1 (2) summarizing the transactions of 21 April 1939, price 2s. 6d. each to members and 5s. to non-members. The remaining transactions are recorded in the Minute Book and typed copies can be supplied by special arrangement.