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Polish geographer, geophysicist, glaciologist, and climatologist
Aleksander Kosiba
Alexander Kosiba. Polish geographer.
Born(1901-01-18)18 January 1901
Poland
Died18 September 1981(1981-09-18) (aged 80)
NationalityPolish
Occupation(s)Geographer and glaciologist

Aleksander Kosiba (born 18 January 1901 in Libusza — died 18 September 1981 in Wrocław) was a Polish geographer, geophysicist, glaciologist and climatologist.

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. There he worked for five months - May to September. In 1978 he published his last scientific work, "The snow, glaciers — ice sheets."

References

  1. Instytut Zachodni (1977). Polish Western affairs. Instytut Zachodni. p. 307. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  2. Arctic Regions: Greenland: Completed Expeditions Polar Record


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