Recent observations on the surging Otto Glacier, Ellesmere Island

Air photographs show that the Otto Glacier in northwestern Ellesmere Island started to surge sometime between 1950 and 1959, with the result that the terminus advanced about 3 km as a floating ice tongue. Maps prepared from the 1959 photographs and from additional photographs taken in 1964 show a fu...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Main Author: Hattersley-Smith, G.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1969
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e69-090
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e69-090