Part I: A Description of the Penny Ice Cap, its Accumulation and Ablation
Abstract The Penny Ice Cap on the Cumberland Peninsula of Baffin Island, N.W.T., Canada, was studied during the summer of 1953. This ice cap has an area of some 5900 sq. km. and rests on a 2000 m. high mountain range. It has ten major outflowing glaciers, three of which reach the sea in fjords. The...
| Published in: | Journal of Glaciology |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1954
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000025223 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000025223 |