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Soils of North Victoria Land

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North Victoria Land (NVL) is that portion of the 3,500 km long Transantarctic Mountains (TAM) that extends from the Wilson Hills along the Pennell Coast at approximately 69° 30′ S to the Mawson Glacier at about 76° S (Fig. 7.1).

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Acknowledgments

The Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, supported this research. The officers and enlisted personnel of VXE-6 are thanked for helicopter and LC-130 support in northern Victoria Land. E. Stump and J.F. Splettstoesser, chief scientist and scientific coordinator, respectively, ensured the success of this study. S.W. Wilson and H.B. Conway conducted the field work.

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Bockheim, J.G. (2015). Soils of North Victoria Land. In: Bockheim, J. (eds) The Soils of Antarctica. World Soils Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05497-1_7

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