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September 13, 2021
Southeast Glacier #3, Devon Ice Cap, Canada Recent Retreat
Southeast #3 Glacier, Devon Ice Cap in July 9, 2016 and August 29, 2021 Sentinel 2 images of the lower 10 km showing three supraglacial streams S1, S2 and S3 and the outlet plumes of each stream at Point 1-3. The yellow line is the 2016 margin. The southeast sector of the Devon Ice Cap, Devon Island, Nunavut has three tidewater outlet glaciers Southeast Glacier #1, #2 and #3. Van …
September 7, 2018
Croker Bay Glacier, Nunavut Canada Poised for Further Retreat
Croker Bay Glacier, Devon Ice Cap, Nunavut in Landsat images from 1998 and 2017. The red arrows indicate the 1998 terminus location, yellow arrows the 2017 terminus location. The pink arrows indicate three inlet on the north glacier. Croker Bay Glacier drains the southwest quadrant of the Devon Ice Cap, Nunavut. A study by Van Wychen et al (2012) focused on velocity changes of the Devon ice Cap. They identify that Croker Bay …
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.