Polararboken Glacier
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Polararboken Glacier is a glacier
, 3 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of Stein Islands
, draining westward into the north part of Publications Ice Shelf
. Delineated in 1952 by John H. Roscoe from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by Roscoe after Polararboken, a polar journal published by the Norsk Polarklubb, Oslo, Norway.
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...
, 3 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of Stein Islands
Stein Islands
Stein Islands is a two rock islands in the east part of Publications Ice Shelf, about 8 nautical miles southeast of the Sostrene Islands. Mapped from air photos by the Lars Christensen Expedition and named Steinane ....
, draining westward into the north part of Publications Ice Shelf
Publications Ice Shelf
Publications Ice Shelf is an ice shelf about 35 nautical miles long on the south shore of Prydz Bay, between Mount Caroline Mikkelsen and Stornes Peninsula. Several glaciers, listed from southwest to northeast, nourish the ice shelf: Polar Times Glacier, Il Polo Glacier, Polarforschung Glacier,...
. Delineated in 1952 by John H. Roscoe from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by Roscoe after Polararboken, a polar journal published by the Norsk Polarklubb, Oslo, Norway.