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First observations on needle ice formation in the sub-Antarctic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2013

Werner Nel  and
Jan Boelhouwers
Werner Nel*
Affiliation:
Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Fort Hare, Alice 5700, South Africa
Jan Boelhouwers
Affiliation:
Department of Social and Economic Geography, University of Uppsala, Kyrkogårdsgatan 10, 75120 Uppsala, Sweden
*
wnel@ufh.ac.za
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Antarctic Science , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , June 2014 , pp. 327 - 328
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Copyright © Antarctic Science Ltd 2013 

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