Bussemand Gletscher / South East Greenland

[Espen]

Bussemand Gletscher is retreating, this can be observed in the animation below:

Please click on image to start the animation!

More information about this glacier can be read on Mauri Peltos site:

http://glacierchange.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/bussemand-gletscher-retreat-east-greenland/

[Espen]

And here is an animation Sep 1986 vs. Sep 2013:

[Espen]

Bussemandgletscher and Nattivit Fjord (it is the fjord to the right of the glacier seen in the animation above):

It is an extremely good fishing area for trouts etc.

[Shared Humanity]

Interesting glacier. It is so thoroughly pinned by islands it can't possibly advance and calve. I'll have to read up on it at the link you provided.

[Espen]

Interesting glacier. It is so thoroughly pinned by islands it can't possibly advance and calve. I'll have to read up on it at the link you provided.

Yes it is in the mode of thinning and reduction, so not much calving activity.

[Espen]

Here is an updated animation Sep. 1986 to Aug. 2014, you will find "growing" rocks and several new both inland and sea islands, all indicators of retreat and thinning:

[Espen]

And here is an animation showing the thinning progress in just one year 2013 - 2014, watch the "growing" rocks in the interior of the glacier / ice cap.

[NotaDenier]

Updating old threads.

Also note the peak that is completely exposed in the new image in the middle of the glacier, you could not see in the 80s image.

https://apps.sentinel-hub.com/sentinel-playground/?source=S2&lat=65.63364006824517&lng=-38.968505859375&zoom=10&preset=CUSTOM&layers=B01,B02,B03&maxcc=100&gain=1.0&gamma=1.0&time=2019-02-01%7C2019-08-14&atmFilter=&showDates=false&evalscript=cmV0dXJuIFtCOEEqMixCMDMqMSxCMDIqMV0%3D