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May 20, 2016
Clephane Bay Ice Cap, Baffin Island Being Erased from Map
Comparison of 1995 and 2014 Landsat images of ice caps A, B, C, D and E. Pink arrows indicate where A, B and E separated. C and D have disappeared. F is an outlet glacier with a retreating terminus. The southern part of the Cumberland Peninsula on Baffin Island features many small ice caps. Here we examine the disappearance of two and the separation of two others from 1995 to …
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.