Mass Balance of Arctic Glaciers

Régions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region

étiquettes: physical sciences, climate change, glaciology, pollution, ice cap

chercheur principal: Koerner, Roy M (9)
Nᵒ de permis: 13961
Organisation: Geological Survey of Canada
Année(s) de permis: 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003
Délivré: avr. 18, 2006
Équipe de projet: Dr. Jocelyn Bourgeois

Objectif(s): The research, being carried out on four ice caps and one glacier, will determine if the ice at these locations is melting faster than it is accumulating.

Description du projet: The research, being carried out on four ice caps and one glacier, will determine if the ice at these locations is melting faster than it is accumulating. Researchers will fly out of Resolute Bay, Nunavut, to the automatic weather station located on the ice cap, to check instruments and collect snow samples (to check the acid content of the snow). Local travel to research sites is by snowmobile. Some community members and students from the closer communities may accompany researchers to observe ice core drilling work.