Ice-marginal characteristics of Fridtjovbreen (Svalbard) during its recent surge

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Glasser, Neil F., Huddart, David, Bennett, Matthew R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1998
• Subjects: Svalbard; Fridtjovbreen; Sagabreen; glacier; Polar Research; Tidewater; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2266; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v17i1.6610

Fridtjovbreen is an actively surging tidewater glacier in western Spitsbergen, Svalbard. This paper presents observations made at the western flank of the glacier in July 1997, when the glacier front was still advancing rapidly and was characterised by steep lateral ice cliffs. The geomorphological...