Antarctica Detail Antarctica ID: 5393 Name: Funk Glacier Class: Glacier Latitude: -65.5666667 Longitude: -63.7666667 Description: Glacier flowing into Beascochea Bay to the S of Frolich Peak, on the W coast of Graham Land. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE) under Charcot, 1908-10. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for Casimir Funk, American (formerly Polish) biochemist who, while working at the Lister Institute in London in 1912, originated the theory of vitamins. BGN: 01-JAN-71

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