Glacier mass balance investigations in the balance years 1984-85 and 1985-86

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Hagen, Jon Ove, Liestøl, Olav
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1987
• Subjects: Norway; Storbreen; Svalbard; glacier; Norsk Polarinstitutt; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2454; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v5i2.6882

As in previous years Norsk Polarinstitutt has carried out mass balance investigations on Storbreen and Hardangerjøkulen in mainland Norway and on Broggerbreen and Lovenbreen in Svalbard. More than 20 years of measurements show that the glaciers both in mainland Norway and in Svalbard are retreating....