Reconstructing the Little Ice Age extent of Langfjordjøkelen, Arctic mainland Norway, as a baseline for assessing centennial-scale icefield recession

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Weber, Paul, Lovell, Harold, Andreassen, Liss M., Boston, Clare M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2020
• Subjects: Glacier change; glacier reconstruction; glacial geomorphology; historical maps; plateau icefield; Arctic; Langfjordjøkelen; Norway; Svalbard; glacier; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/4304; https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v39.4304

Current warming in the Arctic is occurring at a rate two to three times higher than that of the rest of the world, leading to rapid glacier wastage. In Arctic mainland Norway, the plateau icefield Langfjordjøkelen has experienced the greatest mass loss of all Norwegian glaciers (excluding Svalbard)...