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May 23, 2023
Turnback Glacier, South Georgia, Retreats from Tidewater
Retreat of Turnback Glacier (T) from the shore of Fortuna Bay (FB) and retreat of Compass and Crean Glacier (A,B,C) exposing new terrain along the shore of Antarctic Bay (AB) in Landsat images. Also note the expansion of bedrock nunatks at Point E-H. Turnback Glacier terminated on the west shore of Fortuna Bay on the northwest coast of South Georgia Island. In 1989 the glacier extended the shore of Fortuna …
Dean of Academic Affairs at Nichols College and Professor of Environmental Science at Nichols College in Massachusetts since 1989. Glaciologist directing the North Cascade Glacier Climate Project since 1984. This project monitors the mass balance and behavior of more glaciers than any other in North America.