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MARC recordIcebergs in the Southern Ocean; a paper read before the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire on the 19th of November, 1857, and corrected from reports of more recent dates. Printed for private circulation / John Thomas Towson.
| Title: | Icebergs in the Southern Ocean; a paper read before the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire on the 19th of November, 1857, and corrected from reports of more recent dates. Printed for private circulation / John Thomas Towson. |
| Author(s): | Towson, John Thomas. |
| Date: | 1859. |
| Publisher: | Liverpool: T. Brakell, printer |
| Abstract: | Catalogues icebergs and pack ice observed between 1755 and 1858, with details of date, latitude, and longitude, based on ships' logs and other sources. Describes appearance and behaviour of ice and icebergs, referring to structure and drift, and draws some conclusions about trends in distribution. Also published in T. Hist. S. Lancashire and Chestershire (Liverpool), 1858, 10 :239-254. |
| Keywords: | 551.32 -- Glaciology. 551.326 -- Floating ice. 551.326.7 -- Sea ice. 551.326.6 -- Icebergs. 551.326.12 -- Floating ice, distribution, seasonal. E6 -- Glaciology: floating ice. (*7) -- Antarctic regions. (*80) -- Southern Ocean. |
| Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SPC: 551.326.12 : (*80) |
| SPRI record no.: | 3491 |
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