Slow change since the Little Ice Age at a far northern glacier with the potential for system reorganization: Thores Glacier, northern Ellesmere Island, Canada

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Kochtitzky, Will, Copland, Luke, Wohlleben, Trudy, Iqaluk, Pilipoosie, Girard, Catherine, Vincent, Warwick F., Culley, Alexander I.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2023
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; General Agricultural and Biological Sciences; General Environmental Science; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Ellesmere Island; Canada; Thores Lake; glacier*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/as-2022-0012; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/as-2022-0012; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/as-2022-0012

Relatively little is known about the glaciers of northern Ellesmere Island, Canada. Here we describe the first field and remote sensing observations of Thores Glacier, located 50 km inland from the Arctic Ocean. The glacier is slow-moving, with maximum velocities of 26 m a −1 and a maximum observed...