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J. Bjerknes

(Bjerknes, J. (Jacob Aall Bonnevie), 1897-1975)

Jacob Aall Bonnevie Bjerknes ( YAH-kəb BYURK-niss, Norwegian: [ˈjɑ̀ːkɔb ˈbjæ̂rkneːs]; 2 November 1897 – 7 July 1975) was a meteorologist. He is known for his key paper in which he pointed the dynamics of the polar front, mechanism for north-south heat transport and for which he was also awarded a doctorate from the University of Oslo. (From Wikipedia)

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Bjerknes, J. (Jacob Aall Bonnevie), 1897-1975: En Avion vers la Pôle Nord (in French; Paris: A. Michel, 1926), also by Roald Amundsen, Leif Dietrichson, Fredrik Ramm, and Hjalmar Riiser- Larsen, trans. by Charles Rabot (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
Bjerknes, J. (Jacob Aall Bonnevie), 1897-1975: Our Polar Flight: The Amundsen-Ellsworth Polar Flight (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1925), also by Roald Amundsen, Lincoln Ellsworth, Hjalmar Riiser- Larsen, Leif Dietrichson, and Fredrik Ramm (Gutenberg text)

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