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September 7, 2017
Ventisquero Grande Glacier, Chile Retreats; Not so Grande in 2017
Ventisquero Grande Glacier comparison in Landsat images from 1997 and 2017. Red arrows mark the 1997 terminus, yellow arrows the 2017 terminus, purple dots the snowline and purple arrow the junction of the tributaries. Ventisquero Grande Glacier is at the head of Ventisquero Seno in the Cordillera Darwin of Tierra del Fuego. The fjord is just west of Garibladi Fjord and opens into Darwin Channel. Melkonian et al (2013) note widespread thinning of four large …
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.