Capturing the transition from marine to land-terminating glacier from the 126-year retreat history of Nordenskiöldbreen, Svalbard

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Kavan, Jan, Luláková, Petra, Małecki, Jakub, Strzelecki, Mateusz Czesław
• Other Authors: Norges Forskningsråd, Narodowe Centrum Nauki, Masarykova Univerzita
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2023
• Subjects: Nordenskiöldbreen; Svalbard; glacier; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2023.92; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143023000928

Abstract Svalbard has experienced a dramatic increase in air temperature and glacier retreat since the end of the Little Ice Age. In many cases, this retreat has resulted in glaciers transitioning from being marine-terminating to land-terminating. Nordenskiöldbreen is an excellent contemporary examp...