Nivation or cryoplanation: Different terms, same features?

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• I would like to thank the British Antarctic Survey for allowing me to work with them on Alexander Island which brought to the fore, for me, the question of “cryoplanation.”; Dr. Colin Thorn, as always, provided stimulating questions on the entire issue of “nivation'/"cryoplanation”; and Dr. Jef Vandenberghe highlighted many of the terminological concerns surrounding “cryoplanation.”; Dr. Toni Lewkowicz is thanked for bringing us all together in the stimulating environment of his excellent field excursion to Ellesmere Island. Support for this work was provided, in part, by NSERC grant 185756. I would like to thank a number of anonymous referees who contributed a wide range of thoughts and concerns on this topic, as well as Dr. Nel Caine, who was extremely helpful in improving the manuscript and its structure. Their input greatly assisted in the rewriting of this contribution, but all failings remain solely those of the author.
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