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February 11, 2020

Eyrie Bay, Antarctic Peninsula Retreat 2000-2020

From REMA Landsat images from Feb. 2016 and Oct. 2019 indicating the front of the Cugnot Ice Piedmont (CP)  and Broad Valley (BV) ice fronts in Eyrie Bay.  Point A, B, and C indicate specific bedrock knobs near the ice front.  Point D is just south of a side glacier entering the bay. Eyrie Bay is near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula and is rimmed by tidewater glaciers including …

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March 26, 2017

Depot & Mondor Glacier Retreat, Antarctic Peninsula

Mondor and  (M) and Depot Glacier (D) at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula in Landsat imagers from 1988, 2000 and 2017.  Yellow arrows indicates the 2017 terminus location of each.  The purple arrow indicates a bedrock ridge that has been expanding. On the Trinity Peninsula,which is the region at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, are Depot and Mondor that flow north and south from the same accumulation zone …

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