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Re: Map of Antarctica

From: Hans Ronne <hronne at comhem dot se>
To: Eric McDonald <mcdonald at phy dot cmich dot edu>
Cc: xconq7 at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 12:42:32 +0200
Subject: Re: Map of Antarctica
References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0405211116260.3084-100000@diamond.ansuz.sooke.bc.ca> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0405211116260.3084-100000@diamond.ansuz.sooke.bc.ca>

>Nifty; quite nice.
>I noticed some ice shelves, and went to check out whether you had
>labeled the somewhat lesser known Ronne (a relative, Hans?) Ice Shelf or
>not. Indeed you had, and even some of the smaller ones that I hadn't
>heard of.

No relations, unfortunately. Finn Ronne was a Norwegian-American navy
captain and explorer. He originally named the ice shelf "Edith Ronne Land"
after his wife Edith, who took part in the exploraion, as one of the first
women in Antarctica.

Hans

References:
- Map of Antarctica
  - From: mskala
- Re: Map of Antarctica
  - From: Eric McDonald

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