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March 29, 2018
Cook Ice Cap Retreat & Nunatak Expansion, Kerguelen Island
West margin of Cook Ice Cap in 2001 and 2018 Landsat images. Red arrows indicate terminus margin in 2001 in both images. Nunataks A-D and Nunatak Lacroix (L) are also shown. On the west side of the Cook Ice Cap on Kerguelen Island a series of outlet glaciers have retreated and several nunataks have either expanded or are no longer surrounded by ice. The glacier include Pasteur, Pierre Curie, Larmarck …
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.