Ice volume changes (1936–1990–2007) and ground-penetrating radar studies of Ariebreen, Hornsund, Spitsbergen

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Javier Lapazaran, Michal Petlicki, Francisco Navarro, Francisco Machío, Darek Puczko, Piotr Glowacki, Adam Nawrot
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2013
• Subjects: Ice-volume changes; ground-penetrating radar; thinning rate; Ariebreen; Spitsbergen; Svalbard; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Hornsund; glacier; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v32i0.11068; https://doaj.org/article/5a977daee5584713bd32adfb68836007

Ariebreen is a small (0.37 km2)-valley glacier located in southern Spitsbergen. Our ground-penetrating radar surveys of the glacier show that it is less than 30 m thick on average, with a maximum thickness of 82 m, and it appears to be entirely cold. By analysing digital terrain models of the ice su...