Late Holocene glacier variations and climate at Jan Mayen

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Anda, Einar, Orheim, Olav, Mangerud, Jan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1985
• Subjects: Arctic; Norwegian Sea; Greenland; Jan Mayen; Beerenberg; East Greenland; east greenland current; glacier; North Atlantic; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2519; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v3i2.6946

Jan Mayen is a small (373 km2) remote island in the Norwegian Sea. One third of it is covered by glaciers, all located on the Beerenberg volcano. There have been at least two Holocene periods of glacier expansion at Jan Mayen. The first may have taken place around 2500 B.P. Some glaciers had their m...