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January 15, 2021

Weddel Glacier Retreats from Tidewater, South Georgia Island

Weddel Glacier in 1989 and 2020 Landsat images.Red arrow marks the 1989 NW terminus, orange dots the terminus location, purple arrows locations of ice spilling over a ridge, pink arrow a tributary glacier and yellow arrow the base of an icefall. Weddel Glacier is on the southeast coast of South Georgia Island terminating in Beaufoy Cove  just north of Gold Harbor. The change in glacier terminus position was documented by …

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