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The present paper presents some observations of lichens and mosses, their micro-climatic environment and relation to permanent ice fields in a selected area of Kongsöya, the largest of 3 main islands of Kong Karls Land in eastern Svalbard (Fig. 1), during the Swedish Arctic Expedition in 1980 (Ymer-80).
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Holmgren, B., Olsson, I., Skye, E., Alm, G. (1984). Climate and Glaciation in Kong Karls Land, Eastern Svalbard. In: Mörner, NA., Karlén, W. (eds) Climatic Changes on a Yearly to Millennial Basis. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7692-5_32
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