Glaciological research in the Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 1977
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; Bellingshausen Sea; Weddell; Ronne Ice Shelf; Ellsworth Mountains; Fleming Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1977.0080; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1977.0080

The Antarctic Peninsula is a good place for studies that take advantage of its wide range of latitude. Other worthwhile investigations are those that set in context the glacier/climate relationships and provide a framework of basic glaciological data. In order to speed reconnaissance mapping a serie...