Recent changes in area and thickness of Torngat Mountain glaciers (northern Labrador, Canada)

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Barrand, Nicholas E., Way, Robert G., Bell, Trevor, Sharp, Martin J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2017
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Arctic; Canada; Minaret; Torngat Mountains; glacier*; The Cryosphere; Torngat Mountains national park
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-157-2017; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00010523; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00010480/tc-11-157-2017.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/11/157/2017/tc-11-157-2017.pdf

The Torngat Mountains National Park, northern Labrador, Canada, contains more than 120 small glaciers: the only remaining glaciers in continental northeast North America. These small cirque glaciers exist in a unique topo-climatic setting, experiencing temperate maritime summer conditions yet very c...