Drainage system and thermal structure of a High Arctic polythermal glacier: Waldemarbreen, western Svalbard

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Jānis Karušs, Kristaps Lamsters, Ireneusz Sobota, Jurijs Ješkins, Pēteris Džeriņš, Andrew Hodson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2022
• Subjects: Glacier geophysics; glacier hydrology; ground-penetrating radar; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Arctic; Svalbard; Waldemarbreen; glacier; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.125; https://doaj.org/article/3e4c12e11e564509b8b5ece9bc26dace

Understanding glacier drainage system behaviour and its response to increased meltwater production faces several challenges in the High Arctic because many glaciers are transitioning from polythermal to almost entirely cold thermal structures. We, therefore, used ground-penetrating radar data to inv...