Glaciological investigations of surging ice caps in Nordaustlandet, Svalbard, 1983

Abstract During spring 1983 a joint British-Norwegian expedition from the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) and the Norsk Polarinstitutt (NP) undertook a programme of glaciological research in the Svalbard archipelago. Work focussed on obtaining airborne radio echo sounding measurements using a...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Authors: Drewry, D. J., Liestøl, O.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1985
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Svalbard
Svalbard Archipelago
Nordaustlandet
Ice cap
Kvitøya
Norsk Polarinstitutt
Polar Record
Scott Polar Research Institute
Spitsbergen
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400005611
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400005611
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Summary:Abstract During spring 1983 a joint British-Norwegian expedition from the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) and the Norsk Polarinstitutt (NP) undertook a programme of glaciological research in the Svalbard archipelago. Work focussed on obtaining airborne radio echo sounding measurements using a newly-constructed digital system and some reconnaissance observations (temperatures, net mass budgets and ice velocities) on the ice caps of Nordaustlandet for the investigation of their surging behaviour. Valley glaciers in Spitsbergen and the ice cap on Kvitøya were also sounded from the air.

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