The thermal impact of tourism on a Svalbard glacier cave (Short Communication)

Glacier cave visits are an important tourism activity on Svalbard with increasing popularity. This study investigates the thermal effect of touristic visits on the air temperature of a glacier cave on Longyearbreen, a small high-Arctic glacier. Short-term temperature perturbations of up to 1.59°C (4...

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Main Author: Alexander, Andreas
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Masaryk Univerzity 2021
Subjects:
glacier caves
tourism
cave temperature
Arctic
Svalbard
Longyearbreen
glacier
Online Access:http://journals.muni.cz/CPR/article/view/15423
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spelling ftmasarykunivojs:oai:ojs.journals.muni.cz:article/15423 2023-05-15T14:58:55+02:00 The thermal impact of tourism on a Svalbard glacier cave (Short Communication) Alexander, Andreas 2021-08-24 application/pdf http://journals.muni.cz/CPR/article/view/15423 eng eng Masaryk Univerzity http://journals.muni.cz/CPR/article/view/15423/12291 http://journals.muni.cz/CPR/article/view/15423 Copyright (c) 2020 Czech Polar Reports https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 CC-BY-NC-ND Czech Polar Reports; Vol 11 No 1 (2021); 154-160 Czech Polar Reports; Vol. 11 No. 1 (2021); 154-160 1805-0697 1805-0689 glacier caves tourism cave temperature info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2021 ftmasarykunivojs 2022-06-26T10:16:45Z Glacier cave visits are an important tourism activity on Svalbard with increasing popularity. This study investigates the thermal effect of touristic visits on the air temperature of a glacier cave on Longyearbreen, a small high-Arctic glacier. Short-term temperature perturbations of up to 1.59°C (42% local temperature increase) can be linked to human visitors. It is, however, unlikely that the local heat input from touristic visits is high enough to cause a lasting effect on the thermal regime of glacier caves and the surrounding ice. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic glacier Longyearbreen Svalbard Masaryk University Journals Arctic Svalbard Longyearbreen ENVELOPE(15.517,15.517,78.183,78.183)
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tourism
cave temperature
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tourism
cave temperature
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The thermal impact of tourism on a Svalbard glacier cave (Short Communication)
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tourism
cave temperature
description Glacier cave visits are an important tourism activity on Svalbard with increasing popularity. This study investigates the thermal effect of touristic visits on the air temperature of a glacier cave on Longyearbreen, a small high-Arctic glacier. Short-term temperature perturbations of up to 1.59°C (42% local temperature increase) can be linked to human visitors. It is, however, unlikely that the local heat input from touristic visits is high enough to cause a lasting effect on the thermal regime of glacier caves and the surrounding ice.
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author Alexander, Andreas
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title The thermal impact of tourism on a Svalbard glacier cave (Short Communication)
title_short The thermal impact of tourism on a Svalbard glacier cave (Short Communication)
title_full The thermal impact of tourism on a Svalbard glacier cave (Short Communication)
title_fullStr The thermal impact of tourism on a Svalbard glacier cave (Short Communication)
title_full_unstemmed The thermal impact of tourism on a Svalbard glacier cave (Short Communication)
title_sort thermal impact of tourism on a svalbard glacier cave (short communication)
publisher Masaryk Univerzity
publishDate 2021
url http://journals.muni.cz/CPR/article/view/15423
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geographic Arctic
Svalbard
Longyearbreen
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Svalbard
Longyearbreen
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glacier
Longyearbreen
Svalbard
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glacier
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Svalbard
op_source Czech Polar Reports; Vol 11 No 1 (2021); 154-160
Czech Polar Reports; Vol. 11 No. 1 (2021); 154-160
1805-0697
1805-0689
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