Part I: Method of Nourishment of the Barnes Ice Cap
1952; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 2; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês
10.3189/s0022143000025910
ISSN1727-5652
Autores Tópico(s)Landslides and related hazards
ResumoAbstract The Barnes Ice Cap on Baffin Island, N.W.T., Canada, was investigated during the summer of 1950. This ice cap, some 6000 sq. km. in extent, appears to have an approximately balanced budget, and yet there is no firn on its surface. It is postulated that its nourishment is by superimposed ice due to immediate refreezing of much of the melt water of summer. It is further inferred that a similar process nourishes many Arctic glaciers and ice caps where elevation, precipitation and temperature are all low. The name “ Baffin Type ” is proposed for these in the classification of glaciers.
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