Contrasting Glacier Behaviour, and Methods for Monitoring Glacier Change, in the Northern Canadian Arctic Archipelago

• Main Author: Medrzycka, Dorota
• Other Authors: Copland, Luke
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2022
• Subjects: Arctic; Glaciers; Axel Heiberg Island; Bowman Glacier; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Ellesmere Island; Heiberg; Tanquary Fiord; Arctic Archipelago
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/43981; https://doi.org/10.20381/ruor-28194

Glaciers are generally considered to be important indicators of climate, but the variability in glacier behaviour observed across the Canadian Arctic Archipelago (CAA) indicates that not all ice masses respond in the same way to external forcing. This thesis presents detailed studies on the contrast...