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Research Article

From Glaciated Landscape to Unglaciated Seascape: Transformation of the Hambergbreen–Hambergbukta Area, SE Spitsbergen, 1900–2017

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Pages 1949-1966 | Received 13 May 2020, Accepted 22 Feb 2021, Published online: 03 Jun 2021

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