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Balchen Glacier
Balchen
Glacier
is a crevassed
glacier
in
Antarctica
,
flowing
west
to
Block Bay
between the
Phillips Mountains
and the
Fosdick Mountains
in
Marie Byrd Land
. It was
discovered
on
December 5
,
1929
, by the
Byrd Antarctic Expedition
and named by
Richard
E.
Byrd
for
Bernt Balchen
,
chief
pilot
of the
expedition
.