Exceptional Retreat of Kangerlussuaq Glacier, East Greenland, Between 2016 and 2018

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Stephen Brough, J. Rachel Carr, Neil Ross, James M. Lea
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
• Subjects: Greenland ice sheet; marine-terminating glaciers; basal topography; ice discharge; mass balance; glacier retreat; Science; Q; Greenland; Kangerlussuaq; East Greenland; glacier; Ice Sheet; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00123; https://doaj.org/article/5a6637836a7149aaa55ef41f7bb75359

Kangerlussuaq Glacier is one of Greenland’s largest tidewater outlet glaciers, accounting for approximately 5% of all ice discharge from the Greenland ice sheet. In 2018 the Kangerlussuaq ice front reached its most retreated position since observations began in 1932. We determine the relationship be...