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A study of ice accumulation in western Antarctica.

At the beginning of the International Geophysical Year few people were fully aware of the difficulties of conducting an Antarctic ice accumulation program. In fact, the only man of the present generation having made an extensive study of Antarctic firn (metamorphosed snow) was Valter Schytt of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Expedition, 1949-52. Quite probably he was the one man who realized just how bewildering interpretation of stratigraphy of a snow pit wall in Antarctica could be. [...]

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.118233
Date January 1965
CreatorsVickers, William Ward.
ContributorsOrvig, S. (Supervisor)
PublisherMcGill University
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
Formatapplication/pdf
CoverageDoctor of Philosophy. (Department of Geography. )
RightsAll items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.
Relationalephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library.

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