This photograph shows landforms on Coraholmen Island in Ekmanfjorden, one of the fjords found in the Norwegian archipelago, Svalbard. These geomorphic features were formed by Sefströmbreen, a tidewater glacier, when it surged in the 1880s. Although all glaciers flow, some glaciers undergo cyclic changes in their flow. This is called surging, and glaciers that surge are called surging glaciers. Dur ...[Read More]
Imaggeo on Mondays: Digging out a glacier’s story
Digging out the story of a glacier. Credit: Monika Mendelova (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)