Nursery Glacier
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Nursery Glacier is a glacier
about 20 nautical miles (37 km) long, flowing southeast along the west side of Darley Hills
to enter Ross Ice Shelf
just south of Cape Parr
. So named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
(NZGSAE) (1959–60) because it was on this glacier that a litter of husky
pups was born.
Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
about 20 nautical miles (37 km) long, flowing southeast along the west side of Darley Hills
Darley Hills
Darley Hills is a range of high, ice-covered coastal hills overlooking Ross Ice Shelf, trending north-south for about 20 nautical miles between Capes Douglas and Parr. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for James M...
to enter Ross Ice Shelf
Ross Ice Shelf
The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica . It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than 600 km long, and between 15 and 50 metres high above the water surface...
just south of Cape Parr
Cape Parr
Cape Parr is a large snow-covered cape along the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf, about 8 nautical miles south of Gentile Point. Discovered by the Discovery expedition under Scott, who named it for Admiral Alfred Arthur Chase Parr, one of Scott's advisors who had served in Arctic exploration....
. So named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active in 1957-58 and again in 1958-59. The 1957-58 expedition went to the Ross Dependency and named the Borchgrevink Glacier...
(NZGSAE) (1959–60) because it was on this glacier that a litter of husky
Husky
Husky is a general name for a type of dog originally used to pull sleds in northern regions, differentiated from other sled dog types by their fast hard pulling style...
pups was born.