You are browsing the archive for Belopolskijbreen glacier retreat Archives - From a Glacier's Perspective.
April 20, 2016
Belopolskijbreen Retreat Generates Terminus Split, Svalbard
Belopolskijbreen comparison in 1990 and 2014 Landsat images. Red arrow is the 1990 terminus location, yellow the 2014 extent of the a bedrock ridge separating the two lobes of the glacier, and purple arrow an area of thinning at the head of the glacier. Most of the attention on Svalbard glaciers goes to the larger tidewater glaciers, which collectively having been losing volume rapidly. Belopolskijbreen in Sorkappland near the southern tip …
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.