Benedict Glacier Explained

Benedict Glacier (79.4167°N -113°W) is a glacier on central Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada.

Geologist William Herbert Hobbs wrote in 1911 the Benedict Glacier provided an "excellent" example of a "lateral glacial stream flowing between ice and rock".[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hobbs, William Herbert . Characteristics of Existing Glaciers . 1911 . Macmillan . New York . 169–171 . 11011341.

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