Part I: Method of Nourishment of the Barnes Ice Cap

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Author: Baird, P. D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1952
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; Arctic; Baffin Island; Canada; Barnes Ice Cap; Baffin; glacier*; Ice cap; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000025910; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000025910

Abstract The Barnes Ice Cap on Baffin Island, N.W.T., Canada, was investigated during the summer of 1950. This ice cap, some 6000 sq. km. in extent, appears to have an approximately balanced budget, and yet there is no firn on its surface. It is postulated that its nourishment is by superimposed ice due to immediate refreezing of much of the melt water of summer. It is further inferred that a similar process nourishes many Arctic glaciers and ice caps where elevation, precipitation and temperature are all low. The name “ Baffin Type ” is proposed for these in the classification of glaciers.