Freshwater input to the Arctic fjord Hornsund (Svalbard)

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Małgorzata Błaszczyk, Dariusz Ignatiuk, Aleksander Uszczyk, Katarzyna Cielecka-Nowak, Mariusz Grabiec, Jacek A. Jania, Mateusz Moskalik, Waldemar Walczowski
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2019
• Subjects: Svalbard fjords; frontal ablation; glacier meltwater runoff; precipitation; snow cover on land; envir; geo; Arctic; Svalbard; Hornsund; glacier; Polar Research; Tidewater; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v38.3506; https://doaj.org/article/107e0a5e179f486d9cc57a338882cb7d

Glaciers draining to the Hornsund basin (southern Spitsbergen, Svalbard) have experienced a significant retreat and mass volume loss over the last decades, increasing the input of freshwater into the fjord. An increase in freshwater input can influence fjord hydrology, hydrodynamics, sediment flux a...