Exceptional Retreat of Kangerlussuaq Glacier, East Greenland, Between 2016 and 2018

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Brough, Stephen, Carr, J Rachel, Ross, Neil, Lea, James M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2019
• Subjects: Greenland; Kangerlussuaq; East Greenland; glacier; Ice Sheet; Tidewater
• Online Access: http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3051927/; https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00123; http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3051927/1/feart-07-00123.pdf

Kangerlussuaq Glacier is one of Greenland’s largest tidewater outlet glaciers, accounting for approximately 5% of all ice discharge from the Greenland ice sheet. In 2018 the Kangerlussuaq ice front reached its most retreated position since observations began in 1932. We determine the relationship be...