Storstrømmen and L. Bistrup Bræ, North Greenland, Protected From Warm Atlantic Ocean Waters

• Main Authors: Rignot, Eric, Bjork, Anders, Chauche, Nolwenn, Klaucke, Ingo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2022
• Subjects: Life Below Water; Greenland; bathymetry; sea level; ocean; Storstrommen; Storstrømmen; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Dove Bugt; L. Bistrup Bræ; Dove bugt; East Greenland; glacier; Ice Shelf; North Greenland
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/02p2x3v8

Storstrømmen and L. Bistrup Bræ are 20- and 10-km wide, surge type glaciers in North Greenland in quiescent phase that terminate in the southernmost floating ice tongue in East Greenland. Novel multi-beam echo sounding data collected in August 2020 indicate a seabed at 350-400m depth along a relativ...