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April 27, 2013
Viltragenkees Glacier Retreat, Austria
The Austrian Alpine Club published the results of its annual terminus survey program on April 13, 2013. Out of the 95 glaciers measured, 93 retreated an average 17 meters in 2012, two were unchanged. Here we examine one of the those glaciers Viltragenkees. This glacier flows east from the Grosvenediger Massif into the Drau River. In 1988 the glacier was 3 km long beginning at 3200 m and ended at …
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.