This Conference was held on 16 and 17 January 1951 in New York under the auspices of the Arctic Institute of North America, the American Geographical Society and the Research Committee on Glaciers. The proceedings have been circulated in roneographed form. A copy is available in the Society’s Library. Further copies may be obtained from the American Geographical Society, 156th Street and Broadway, New York 32, N.Y.
The following is a list of the prepared statements and comments:
P. D. BAIRD: “The Baffin Island Expedition, 1950.” DR. RICHARD P. GOLDTHWAIT: “Formation of moraines of Barnes Ice Cap, Baffin Island.” ROBERT F. BLACK: “Comments on glaciological research as related to studies of permafrost.” DR. WALTER G. BUCHER: “Deformation of bay and shelf ice in the Bay of Whales, Antarctica.” DR. ROBERT L. NICHOLS: “A discussion of Arctic ‘Ice Islands. “COLONEL BERNT BALCHEN: “Ice islands.” DR. RICHARD FOSTER FLINT: “Glacial history and radiocarbon.” P. D. BAIRD: “Recent developments in Canada.” WALTER A. WOOD: “Project Snow Cornice.” MAYNARD M. MILLER: “The Juneau Ice Field Research Project.” DR. JAMES L. DYSON: “Glaciers of the American Rocky Mountains.” WILLIAM O. FIELD, JR.: “Program of the Research Committee on Glaciers.” GEORGE O. GUESMER: “The Snow Ice and Permafrost Establishment.” DR. PAUL A. SIPLE: “The Arctic from the military viewpoint.” DR. LOUIS O. QUAM: “The interest of the Office of Naval Research in basic research.”
The previous Conference was reported in the Journal of Glaciology, Vol. 1, No. 6, 1949, pages 336–37.
