The Ice Shelf of Petermann Gletscher, North Greenland, and Its Connection to the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans

• Published in: Oceanography
• Main Authors: Münchow, Andreas, Padman, Laurie, Washam, Peter, Nicholls, Keith
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oceanography Society 2016
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Nares; Petermann Gletscher; glacier; Ice Shelf; Nares strait; North Greenland; Petermann gletscher
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/516004/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/516004/1/29-4_munchow.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2016.101

Petermann Gletscher in North Greenland features the second largest floating ice shelf in the Northern Hemisphere. This paper describes the history of its exploration and presents new ocean and glacier observations. We find that the floating ice shelf is strongly coupled to the ocean below and to Nar...