Accelerating retreat and high-elevation thinning of glaciers in central Spitsbergen

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Author: J. Małecki
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2016
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Arctic; Svalbard; Dickson Land; glacier; The Cryosphere; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1317-2016; https://doaj.org/article/d162421485c74b7484b6fad5b9bc8568

Svalbard is a heavily glacier-covered archipelago in the Arctic. Dickson Land (DL), in the central part of the largest island, Spitsbergen, is relatively arid and, as a result, glaciers there are relatively small and restricted mostly to valleys and cirques. This study presents a comprehensive analy...