Fluctuations of tidewater glaciers in Hornsund Fjord (Southern Svalbard) since the beginning of the 20th century

• Published in: Polish Polar Research
• Main Authors: Błaszczyk, Małgorzata, Jania, Jacek, Kolondra, Leszek
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Arctic; Climate change; Hornsund; Seasonal front fluctuation; Spitsbergen; Tidewater glacier retreat; Svalbard; glacier; Polar Research; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/551; https://doi.org/10.2478/popore-2013-0024

Significant retreat of glaciers terminating in Hornsund Fjord (Southern Spitsbergen, Svalbard) has been observed during the 20th century and in the first decade of the 21st century. The objective of this paper is to present, as complete as possible, a record of front positions changes of 14 tidewate...