Steenstrup Gletscher / North West Greenland

[Espen]

Just a little south of Sverdrup Gletscher, the large Steenstrup Gletscher is found. As can be seen in the animation below, the glacier is showing some spring strength:

[Espen]

More info can be seen on Mauri Peltos blog:

https://glacierchange.wordpress.com/2013/11/17/steenstrup-glacier-retreat-new-island-generation-nw-greenland/

[sidd]

Chudley et al: Steenstrup retreat

"between 2018 and 2021, retreated ~7 km, thinned ~20%, doubled in discharge, and accelerated ~300%."

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-37764-7

open access: read all about it.

sidd

[Espen]

Hello Sidd

The glacier mentioned below is K.J.V. Steenstrup Gletscher in South East Greenland, just to be clear. But both glaciers are named after the same person :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K.J.V._Steenstrup_Glacier

Chudley et al: Steenstrup retreat

"between 2018 and 2021, retreated ~7 km, thinned ~20%, doubled in discharge, and accelerated ~300%."

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-37764-7

open access: read all about it.

sidd

[sidd]

Ooo, sorry. Shall we move it to a more appropriate thread ... is there one for SE Greenland ?

sidd

[oren]

Looking at the map in https://forum.arctic-sea-ice.net/index.php/topic,417.msg365503.html#new I can see where the other Steenstrup glacier is located, but after a quick search I don't think there is a thread for it, though Espen has opened a large number of threads for nearly all glaciers,