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December 3, 2011
Hornbreen-Hambergbreen Retreat Svalbard
Landsat comparison from 1990 and 2014. The 1990 terminus is at the red arrows and red dots, the 2014 terminus is the yellow dots. Hornsund is a fjord that in 2014 almost cuts through the southern Island of Svalbard. The Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy have maintained a Polish Research Station in Hornsund since 1957. The 1984 map, from the University of Silesia, of the glaciers and geomorphology document the …