Conditions on the Bedrock and Surface of the Vavilov Ice Cap (Severnaya Zemlya) During its Surge According To Airborne Radar Data

• Published in: Journal of Biogeography
• Main Authors: A. Glazovsky F., N. Kabanov A., Yu. Macheret Ya., A. Soldatenko M., А. Глазовский Ф., Н. Кабанов А., Ю. Мачерет Я., А. Солдатенко М.
• Other Authors: This work was implemented with the support from Russian Science Foundation grant 22-27-00699. The authors are grateful to the two anonymous reviewers for their detailed reading of the manuscript and their comments., Данная работа выполнена при поддержке Российского научного фонда, грант 22-27-0699. Авторы благодарны двум анонимным рецензентам за внимательное прочтение рукописи и сделанные замечания.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: IGRAS 2023
• Subjects: Arctic;ice cap;surge;power reflection coefficient from bedrock;Severnaya Zemlya;airborne radio-echo sounding; Арктика;ледниковый купол;ледниковая подвижка;коэффициент отражения от ложа;Северная Земля;ледник;аэрорадиозондирование; Arctic; Kara Sea; Severnaya Zemlya; Annals of Glaciology; glacier; Ice cap; The Cryosphere; Арктика
• Online Access: https://ice-snow.igras.ru/jour/article/view/1218; https://doi.org/10.31857/S2076673423020072

The glacier surge at Vavilov Ice Cap, Severnaya Zemlya, Russia (79°18′ N, 94°40′ E) began as early as the mid-1960s with a slow advance of its margin in the western part. Since 2012, the advance switched to the phase of catastrophic movement, which reached its climax in 2016, when the glacier veloci...