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November 7, 2017
Ryan Glacier, South Georgia Retreats from Tidewater
Ryan (R) and Brunonia Glacier (B) in 1999 and 2016 Landsat images. Red arrows indicate the 1999 terminus and pink arrows a new proglacial lake. Ryan Glacier and Bunonia Glacier span the width of South Georgia near its northwestern tip. Brunonia Glacier flow east and terminates in Sunset Fjord and Ryan Glacier flows to the west into Ice Fjord, which seems more viable as a “Sunset” Fjord. The glacier divide …
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.