Forty-seven Years of Research on the Devon Island Ice Cap, Arctic Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Boon, Sarah, Burgess, David O., Koerner, Roy M., Sharp, Martin J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2010
• Subjects: Devon Island ice cap; Canadian Arctic; glaciology; ice dynamics; mass balance; climate change; tidewater; ice cores; calotte glaciaire de l’île Devon; Arctique canadien; glaciologie; dynamique des glaces; bilan massique; changement climatique; marée; carottes glaciaires; Arctic; Belcher; Belcher Glacier; Canada; Devon Island; Arctique*; Climate change; glacier*; Ice cap; ice core; International Polar Year; IPY; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63702

The Devon Island ice cap has been the subject of scientific study for almost half a century, beginning with the first mass balance measurements in 1961. Research on the ice cap was the first to investigate (1) the role of meltwater in seasonal ice-velocity variations on a polythermal Arctic ice cap,...