Freshwater input to the Arctic fjord Hornsund (Svalbard)

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Błaszczyk, Małgorzata, Ignatiuk, Dariusz, Uszczyk, Aleksander, Cielecka-Nowak, Katarzyna, Grabiec, Mariusz, Jania, Jacek A., Moskalik, Mateusz, Walczowski, Waldemar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2019
• Subjects: Svalbard fjords; frontal ablation; glacier meltwater runoff; precipitation; snow cover on land; Arctic; Hornsund; Svalbard; glacier; Polar Research; Tidewater; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3506; https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v38.3506

Glaciers draining to the Hornsund basin (southern Spitsbergen, Svalbard) have experienced a significant retreat and mass volume loss over the last decades, increasing the input of freshwater into the fjord. An increase in freshwater input can influence fjord hydrology, hydrodynamics, sediment flux a...