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November 5, 2015
Balfour Glacier, New Zealand Retreat 1990-2015
Balfour Glacier drains west from Mount Tasman in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. The ablation is a low slope, 8 km long debris covered tongue extending from the terminus near 800 m to 1600 m. The glacier is fed by avalanching off of Mount Tasman to the west, the southern flank of the Fox Range to the north and the northern flank of the Balfour Range to the south. …
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.