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September 4, 2018
Three New Islands Released from Devon Ice Cap, Canada
The northern coast of the Devon Ice Cap with Lady Ann Strait at the top in a 2000 and 2017 Landsat image indicating the development of islands at Cape Caledon, at yellow arrows. See map below. The Devon Ice Cap on Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic ice cap’s area has an area of 15,000 km², with a volume of 3980 km³. The ice cap has been the focus of …
June 9, 2012
Devon Ice Cap Northern Outlet Glacier Retreat
The Devon Ice Cap on Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic ice cap’s area has an area of 15,000 km2, with a volume of 3980 km3. The ice cap area decreased by 600 km2 (4%) between 1960 and 2000 (Sharp et al, in press). The ice cap has been the focus of an ongoing research program led by the University of Alberta Arctic and Alpine Research Group and Natural Resources …
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.