Anmeldelser: Antarctic Map Folio Series. Folio 1: Aeronomical Maps for the Antarctic; Folio 2: Physical Characteristics of the Antarctic Ice Sheet
- Publication
- Geografisk Tidsskrift
- Volume
- 64
- Pages
- 255
Antarctic Map Folio Series · Version 1
1964The reviewer presents Folio 1, together with Folio 2, as the opening of a projected Antarctic atlas. He gives no separate assessment of its aeronomical content and explicitly regards Folio 2 as geographically more important, but collectively praises the published text and maps as a quick, reliable reference for Antarctic geography and looks forward to later folios.
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In 1964, the American Geographical Society initiated its Antarctic Map Folio Series with two folios, covering aeronomical maps and physical characteristics of the ice sheet. Folio 2 presents ten plates on ice elevation, thickness, snow accumulation, surface temperature, and density, supplemented by a 124-item bibliography. Compiled from international observations during the International Geophysical Year, including Soviet data from East Antarctica, the maps use a polar stereographic projection and are technically clear, though the color scheme was noted as less ideal. This atlas serves as a rapid and reliable reference for Antarctic geography, with future folios anticipated.
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