The thermal structure of Hansbreen, a tidewater glacier in southern Spitsbergen, Svalbard

Ice temperature measurements were taken from three shallow and five deep (to bedrock) boreholes on Hansbreen, Svalbard, in selected years between 1988 and 1994. In general, results show a subpolar, polythermal structure. The glacier accumulation zone is of warm ice within the entire vertical profile...

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Published in:Polar Research
Main Authors: Jania, Jacek, Mochnacki, Dariusz, GÄ…dek, Bogdan
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1996
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Online Access:https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/1919
https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v15i1.6636