Abstract
DEEP temperature measurements of ice on the Fox Glacier, Yukon, indicate a zone of basal ice at the pressure melting point and the discovery of this temperate basal ice supports surge theories which require basal melting.
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CLASSEN, D., CLARKE, G. Basal Hot Spot on a Surge Type Glacier. Nature 229, 481–483 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/229481a0
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