Storstrømmen and L. Bistrup Bræ, North Greenland, Protected From Warm Atlantic Ocean Waters

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Rignot, Eric, Bjork, Anders, Chauche, Nolwenn, Klaucke, Ingo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: AGU (American Geophysical Union) 2022
• Subjects: Dove Bugt; Greenland; L. Bistrup Bræ; Dove bugt; East Greenland; glacier; Ice Shelf; North Greenland
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/55610/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/55610/1/Rignot_et_al22_GeophysResLett.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL097320

Storstrømmen and L. Bistrup Bræ are 20- and 10-km wide, surge type glaciers in North Greenland in quiescent phase that terminate in the southernmost floating ice tongue in East Greenland. Novel multi-beam echo sounding data collected in August 2020 indicate a seabed at 350–400 m depth along a relati...