Aleksander Kosiba (born 18 January 1901 in Libusza — died 18 September 1981 in Wrocław) was a Polish geographer, geophysicist, glaciologist and climatologist.
Aleksander Kosiba | |
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 Alexander Kosiba. Polish geographer. | |
| Born | 18 January 1901 Poland |
| Died | 18 September 1981 (aged 80) |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Occupation(s) | Geographer and glaciologist |
Kosiba's undergraduate tertiary studies were at the then Jan Kazimierz University.
He was an honorary member of Norwegian Geographical Society. Kosiba was involved in a Greenland expedition in 1934 by Denmark.[1] There he worked for five months - May to September.[2] In 1978 he published his last scientific work, "The snow, glaciers — ice sheets."
References
edit- ^ Instytut Zachodni (1977). Polish Western affairs. Instytut Zachodni. p. 307. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
- ^ Arctic Regions: Greenland: Completed Expeditions Polar Record
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