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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 October 2009
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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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.
