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May 11, 2017
Borden Peninsula Ice Caps, Baffin Island Snowcover Where Art Thou
Borden Peninsula Ice Cap in 1997 and 2016 Landsat images. Purple dots indicate the transient snowline. Orange arrows indicate specific location of glacier thinning, retreat or area loss. The Borden Peninsula is in the northeastern most section of Baffin Island. Here we examine an ice cap that is on the edge of Lancaster Sound in Sirmilik National Park. We use Landsat imagery from 1997 through 2016 to identify change. This …
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.