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February 4, 2015

Bertrab Glacier Retreat, South Georgia Island

Bertrab Glacier is on the east coast of South Georgia Island.  The change in glacier terminus position has been documented by Alison Cook at British Antarctic Survey in a BAS retreat map.  In 1958 it reached the coast in Gold Harbor. Gordon et al., (2008) observed that larger tidewater and sea-calving valley and outlet glaciers generally remained in relatively advanced positions until the 1980s. For Bertrab Glacier the retreat was minimal from …

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