Change of glaciers in Spitsbergen Island since 1933 observed with surface photographs

• Main Authors: Miki Yoshioka, Hajime Ito, Fujio Yamaguchi
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research/National Institute of Polar Research/Hosei University, Graduate School of Humanities 2006
• Subjects: pitsbergen Island; surface photograph; glacier change; 79 degree North; Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research; Polar Research; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=2514; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00002514/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=2514&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

Change of several glaciers in Spitsbergen Island was investigated using surface photographs taken in 1933 and afterward. All glaciers investigated decreased their thickness and area at their terminal parts in the period from 1933 to 2004.