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Friction on Snow Surfaces: Part II. Friction on Sledge Runners

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Frank Debenham
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The preceding article by Mr Seligman has broken the ground for a review of what is known about the nature of friction on sledge runners, which is so vital an element in polar travel.

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Polar Record , Volume 4 , Issue 25 , January 1943 , pp. 7 - 11
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1943

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page 8 note 1 Nansen, F., The First Crossing of Greenland, London, 1890, Vol. ii, pp. 51, 52.Google Scholar

page 8 note 2 Scott, R. F., Voyage of the Discovery, London, 1905, Vol. i, p. 425.Google Scholar

page 8 note 3 Priestley, R. E., Antarctic Adventure, London, 1914, pp. 125, 147, 152.Google Scholar

page 9 note 1 Wright, C. S., “Miscellaneous Data”, Reports British (Terra Nova) Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, London, 1924, p. 44.Google Scholar

page 9 note 2 Gould, L. M., Cold, New York, 1931, p. 108.Google Scholar

page 9 note 3 As Seligman points out in Part I (p. 5), balling of sticky snow is caused by several factors, not by temperature alone. A temperature of − 4° C. with a clear sky would not cause balling and this statement is thus misleading.