Multidecadal Recession of Grinnell and Terra Nivea Ice Caps, Baffin Island, Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Way, Robert G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2015
• Subjects: glaciology; glacier change; climate; Grinnell and Terra Nivea ice caps; Baffin Island; glaciologie; changement glaciaire; climat; calottes glaciaires Grinnell et Terra Nivea; île de Baffin; Arctic; Canada; Île de Baffin; Nivea; Terra Nivea; Baffin; glacier*; Ice cap
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67503

Multi-temporal satellite imagery and historical aerial photography reveal that two southern Arctic ice caps on Baffin Island have shrunk considerably over the past several decades. Satellite remote sensing shows that over the past three decades, the Grinnell and Terra Nivea ice caps, the southernmos...