image: Terrain Shaded Relief (TSR) visualization of the Kong Oscar Glacier (75°60N; 59°50W), Northwest Greenland generated from the aerial photographs used in our study. The image covers 17 kilometers by 24 kilometers and very clearly shows the dynamic ice loss in 1985 and massive discharge of icebergs in conjunction with marginal glacier retreat. Frontal positions from 2005 and 2010 deducted from Landsat satellite imagery are highlighted. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the August 03, 2012, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by K.H. Kjær at Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Denmark, and colleagues was titled, “Aerial Photographs Reveal Late–20th-Century Dynamic Ice Loss in Northwestern Greenland.” view more
Credit: [Anders A. Bjørk, Natural History Museum of Denmark.]