Polar Times Glacier () is a

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, flowing northward between Svarthausen Nunatak and Boyd Nunatak into the western part of

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. It was delineated by

John H. Roscoe John Hobart Roscoe (March 23, 1919 - February 23, 2007) was an American geographer, intelligence officer and aerospace engineer. He is best known for his work with Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill, for which there was a glacier named ...

from aerial photographs taken by USN

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, 1946–1947, and named by Roscoe after

The Polar Times ''The Polar Times'' is the publication of American Polar Society The American Polar Society was founded in 1934 by August Howard. Honorary members Starting in 1936 the following explorers, arctic scientists and geographers have been honored: * Da ...

, a polar journal published by the

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* American Polar Society Glaciers of Ingrid Christensen Coast {{PrincessElizabethLand-glacier-stub

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