| Term: | Sub-polar glacier |
| Definition: |
An obsolete term, due to Ahlmann (1935), describing a glacier with an accumulation zone in which, except for possible seasonal warming and melting near the surface, the temperature is below the freezing point to depths of 100 m or more. The term is sometimes used as if it were a synonym of polythermal glacier. IHPGlacierMassBalance
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| Term: | Sub-polar glacier |
| Definition: | An obsolete term, due to Ahlmann (1935), describing a glacier with an accumulation zone in which, except for possible seasonal warming and melting near the surface, the temperature is below the freezing point to depths of 100 m or more. The term is sometimes used as if it were a synonym of polythermal glacier. |