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Polar mirages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

W.G. Rees
W.G. Rees
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Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road Cambridge CB2 1ER UK
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Abstract

After a brief outline of how mirages are formed in polar regions, this paper discusses several kinds of mirages noted in the literature of polar exploration—those creating illusory land, the Novaya Zemlya effect, longrange visibility and magnification, and multiple images and the Fata Morgana.

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Polar Record , Volume 24 , Issue 150 , July 1988 , pp. 193 - 198
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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