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Henson Gletscher / J. P. Koch Fjord / North Greenland
« on: August 04, 2017, 02:41:21 PM »
Far north at 82,26 N we have J. P. Koch Fjord and in the bottom of this fjord (length aprox. 120 km) we find Henson Gletscher (width 2,5 km). On July 27 2017 (cloudy) Henson Gletscher produced a 2 km2 calf:
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Re: Henson Gletscher / J. P. Koch Fjord / North Greenland
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2018, 07:38:17 PM »
Henson Gletscher calves again with a larger calf than last year (July 27 2017) and collides with Ekspedition Bræ.
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Re: Henson Gletscher / J. P. Koch Fjord / North Greenland
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2018, 07:52:41 PM »
And a significant retreat compared to last year.
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Re: Henson Gletscher / J. P. Koch Fjord / North Greenland
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2018, 09:21:25 PM »
Thank you Espen for this impressive animation. Can you give us a rough scale of the size of the calved ice pack?
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Re: Henson Gletscher / J. P. Koch Fjord / North Greenland
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2018, 04:42:08 PM »
Thank you Espen for this impressive animation. Can you give us a rough scale of the size of the calved ice pack?

+ / -  6 km2
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