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TitleCorrespondence between John Nye and William [Bill] Ward concerning measurements and calculations from the 1959 and 1963 Austerdalsbreen Expeditions
Date1958-1963
DescriptionLetters discussing data and results from scientific work carried out at the Austerdalsbreen glacier by the two Cambridge expeditions. Nye and Ward are the primary correspondents, though there are two letters from Cuchlaine King to Nye, as well as a copy of a letter from Ward to Dr Taylor-Smith discussing seismic studies of the glacier. The file also contains graphs and maps depiciting measurements of the glacier's movement, raw measurement data and comparisons of the observations taken on both expeditions.
Extent1 folder
FormatCarbon
Manuscript
Typescript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA4040Nye; John Frederick (1923 - 2019)1923 - 2019
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