Sverdrup Gletscher / Steenstrup Gletscher/ Kjer Gletscher / North West Greenland

[Stephan]

...and another island on the western edge of Steenstrup Gletscher will be "born", but this may need some time as Steenstrup Gletscher is not retreating as fast as the Kjer Gletscher.

Wonderful work - I discovered this thread today and I liked reading/watching it. Thanks a million Espen

[Espen]

Thanks Stephan , yes opposite to the most of our planet, islands are born in the arctic, we will see a few being born on the west coast of Greenland and a very large one on the east coast within a few seasons from now. Espen

[Ponderable]

Since I followed this thread back then and didn't hear a Long time from Trikanten I looked up the Position using Sentinetal Hub Playground and found that Trekanten is now a few Kilometers away from the calving front, the seperation of upper and lower Kjer Glacier has happend and a few small Islands surfaced...

[oren]

Welcome to the forum Ponderable, with a great first post.

[NotaDenier]

Glaciers continue to retreat.

I’m assuming these glaciers are not reverse slope glaciers? Meaning the glacier bed is above sea level.

[NotaDenier]

About 50 km east of Kjer glacier is the largest melt lake I have ever seen. It’s at least 5km long.
Has anyone seen one bigger?

[Alphabet Hotel]

About 50 km east of Kjer glacier is the largest melt lake I have ever seen. It’s at least 5km long.
Has anyone seen one bigger?

there's a pair of lakes about that size where the main channel of Jakobshavn splits

[Espen]

Kjer Gletscher - No text needed:

[oren]

Thank you Espen for the updates on this ongoing collapse.
Does anyone have a detailed map of the bathymetry under the glacier? I wonder what happens next.

[Ponderable]

quite a calving at the Sverdup Gletscher (from Sentinel playground 2nd of April 2020):

[Espen]

quite a calving at the Sverdup Gletscher (from Sentinel playground 2nd of April 2020):

Correction: That is Nansen Gletscher, Sverdrup Gletscher is the next glacier to the right.

[Ponderable]

You are right (of course)!

Thank you for the correction.

[Espen]

Massive retreat of all glaciers in this part of Melville Bay / Baffin Bay over 44 years.

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[grixm]

I don't know how common it is or whether it warrants a post, but I caught a calving in Sverdsrup glacier as well as the smaller glacier to the south, during the past few days.

[Espen]

Kjer Gletscher:

"Probably the best glacier to watch in Greenland"
 

That said I am really impressed what is going on around Kjer Gletscher and several other places in North West Greenland, just in the time Sentinel 2 existed since 2015 (not mentioning the time before that, thats big too) Kjer Gletscher retreated dramacticly (as can be seen in the animation below), and then we are in the beginning of the season (spring 2023) and what pops up? And new calving front (encircled in red in the 3^rd frame of the animation), and what is special about this? It is without crevasses before this is happening, there was a sinkhole admitted, but still? If you are getting bored during this season follow this thread!

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