Structure and dynamics of Aldegondabreen, Spitsbergen, according to repeated GPR surveys in 1999, 2018 and 2019

• Published in: Ice and Snow
• Main Authors: A. Borisik L., A. Novikov L., A. Glazovsky F., I. Lavrentiev I., S. Verkulich R., А. Борисик Л., А. Новиков Л., А. Глазовский Ф., И. Лаврентьев И., С. Веркулич Р.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: IGRAS 2021
• Subjects: Svalbard; radio-echo sounding; polythermal glacier; Arctic; Шпицберген; радиолокационное зондирование; политермический ледник; Арктика; Aldegondabreen; Annals of Glaciology; Antarctic and Alpine Research; Climate change; glacier; ice core; The Cryosphere; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://ice-snow.igras.ru/jour/article/view/867; https://doi.org/10.31857/S2076673421010069

Over the last decades, glaciers on Svalbard were shrinking in response to the current climate change. Most of them decreased in size, area, and surface height with a stable negative or even accelerated changes in the mass balance. Many of them belong to the polythermal type, and as they shrink, thei...