Historical ablation rates on south-east Greenland glaciers measured in the 1933 warm summer

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Hasholt, Bent, van As, Dirk, Knudsen, Niels Tvis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2016
• Subjects: Surface mass balance; positive degree-days; climate change; Mittivakkat Glacier; Milthers; 7th Thule Expedition; Greenland; Tasiilaq; East Greenland; glacier; Polar Research; Thule
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3266; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v35.28858

Ice ablation rates measured on four glaciers in south-east Greenland in summer 1933 are recovered from an old field book of geologist K. Milthers. These unpublished ablation data are among the first measured in Greenland and were obtained during a warm period comparable to that of recent years. Abla...