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RefNoJFN/3/10
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Vivian Ernest Fuchs, Falkland Islands Dependencies Scientific Bureau, to John Nye
Date6 May 1959
DescriptionThanking Nye for a draft of a paper he has submitted to Nature titled 'Surface Topography of the Antarctic Ice Sheet'. Is glad to see that Nye's calculations match his theories about the topography of the rock base of the Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Extent1p
FormatTypescript
NotesFuchs led the 1955-58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition to the South Pole
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA4040Nye; John Frederick (1923 - 2019)1923 - 2019
NA3048Fuchs; Sir; Vivian Ernest (1908 - 1999)1908 - 1999
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