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Isbræ) is situated at about 69°10′N and 50°00′W in West Greenland. This major outlet from the Inland Ice has an extremely high rate of movement (nearly 1 m/hour) and thus a high production of icebergs, which via the icefjord float westwards through Disko Bugt to Davis Strait (Fig. 1). Estimates of t...

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Main Authors: Jakobshavn Isbræ, Sermeq Kujalleq Ilulissat, Sermeq Kujalleq, Anker Weidick, Naja Mikkelsen, Christoph Mayer, Steffen Podlech
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Greenland
Ilulissat
Isfjord
Jakobshavn Isfjord
Kujalleq
Davis Strait
Disko bugt
glacier
Jakobshavn
Kangia
Sermeq Kujalleq
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.573.3295
http://www.geus.dk/publications/bull/nr4/nr4_p85-88.pdf
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Summary:Isbræ) is situated at about 69°10′N and 50°00′W in West Greenland. This major outlet from the Inland Ice has an extremely high rate of movement (nearly 1 m/hour) and thus a high production of icebergs, which via the icefjord float westwards through Disko Bugt to Davis Strait (Fig. 1). Estimates of the iceberg production are in the range of 35 ± 10 km3 ice per year, more than 10 % of the entire calf-ice pro-duction of the Inland Ice (e.g. Bauer l968; Bindschadler 1984). The icefjord into which Sermeq Kujalleq calves is Kangia, best known in glaciological literature as Jakobshavn Isfjord. Spectacular changes of the glacier were observed dur-ing 2002 and 2003 at the same time as it was nominated for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List under the name ‘Ilulissat Icefjord’. Nomination of ‘Ilulissat Icefjord ’ and

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