Post−“Little Ice Age ” retreat rates of glaciers around Billefjorden in central Spitsbergen, Svalbard

• Main Authors: Grzegorz Rachlewicz, Witold Szczuciński, Marek Ewertowski
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Key words; Arctic; Svalbard; deglaciation; retreat rate; glacial geomorphology; “Little Ice Age”; Billefjorden; Bris; Nordenskiöldbreen; glacier; Tidewater; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.595.4059; http://www.polish.polar.pan.pl/ppr28/PPR28-159.pdf

Abstract: Twelve glaciers, representing various types, were investigated between 2000 and 2005, in a region adjacent to the northern reaches of Billefjorden, central Spitsbergen (Svalbard). On the basis of measurements taken using reference points, DGPS and GPS sys− tems, analyses of aerial photogra...