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MARC recordOn the supposed discovery of the north coast of Greenland and an Open Polar Sea; the great "Humboldt Glacier", and other matters relating to the formation of ice in Greenland, as described in Arctic explorations in the years 1853-4-5, by Elisha Kent Kane,U.S.N., Philadelphia, 1856 / Hinrich Johannes Rink.
| Title: | On the supposed discovery of the north coast of Greenland and an Open Polar Sea; the great "Humboldt Glacier", and other matters relating to the formation of ice in Greenland, as described in Arctic explorations in the years 1853-4-5, by Elisha Kent Kane,U.S.N., Philadelphia, 1856 / Hinrich Johannes Rink. |
| Author(s): | Rink, Hinrich Johannes. Rink, Henry. |
| Date: | 1857-58 [pub.1858] |
| In: | Royal Geographical Society. Proceedings. (1857-58 [pub.1858]), Vol. 2(4) (1857-58 [pub.1858]) |
| Abstract: | Criticizes Kane's report on formation and movement of glaciers, and presence of an open polar sea to the north of Greenland. Following discussion by led by Rear-Admiral Sir George Back, Captain Richard Collinson and Dr Alexander Armstrong. |
| Notes: | Royal Geographical Society. Proceedings. Vol. 2(4) :195-201 (1857-58 [pub.1858]). |
| Keywords: | 551.32 -- Glaciology. 551.324.22 -- Glaciers: Humboldt Glacier. 551.324.8 -- Land ice, structure and surface features: Humboldt Glacier. 551.46(091) -- Oceanography, history. 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1853-55 Kane. 93"185" -- 1850-1859. W -- Expeditions and exploration. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*38) -- Greenland. (*48) -- Northwest Passage. (*60) -- Arctic Ocean and adjacent waters. |
| SPRI record no.: | 3462 |
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