Activities of the Japanese Arctic Glaciological Expedition in 1998 (JAGE 1998)

• Main Authors: WATANABE, Okitsugu, KAMIYAMA, Kokichi, KAMEDA, Takao, TAKAHASHI, Shuhei, ISAKSSON, Elisabeth
• Language: English
• Published: 日本雪氷学会
• Subjects: Arctic; Svalbard; Nordaustlandet; Austfonna; arctic cryosphere; ice core; Norwegian Polar Institute
• Online Access: https://kitami-it.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/6807/files/5050.pdf

The prime objective of the Japanese Arctic Glaciological Expedition (JAGE) is to study the climatic and environmental changes for the last few hundred years using ice cores from various areas of the Arctic cryosphere. Ice coring down to 118.48m and ice core analyses in situ, as well as the meteorolo...