Mass Balance of Arctic Glaciers
Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Tags: physical sciences, climate change, ice thickness, snow accumulation, glaciers, ice cap, glacier health, mass balance
| Principal Investigator: | Koerner, Roy M (9) |
| Licence Number: | 13571 |
| Organization: | Geological Survey of Canada |
| Licensed Year(s): |
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| Issued: | Mar 26, 2004 |
| Project Team: | Mike Demut |
Objective(s): The objective of this long-term ongoing program is to monitor glacier health and climatic change in the high Arctic by measuring the mass balance of four ice caps, including the South Melville Ice Cap in the western Arctic islands. This requires measuring the amount of ice accumulated or melted in summer, and the amount of snow that has accumulated in winter at several poles drilled into the ice. This work is also part of a larger program studying climate change.
