A mass of glacial land ice extending more than 50,000 square kilometers (20,000 square miles). The two ice sheets on Earth today cover most of Greenland and Antarctica and together they contain more than 99 percent of the freshwater ice on Earth. The Greenland Ice SheetA mass of glacial land ice extending more than 50,000 square kilometers (20,000 square miles). The two ice sheets on Earth today cover most of Greenland and Antarctica and together... More in the Arcticextends about 1.7 million square kilometers (656,000 square miles). In the past, other ArcticDefinitions of the Arctic vary according to environmental, geographical, political, cultural and scientific perspectives. Some scientists define the Arctic as areas having a high latitude, long winters, short, cool summers,... More ice sheets have existed, such as the Barents Shelf and Innuitian sheets.
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> Summit Station
Field SitesSTATION NAME AND OWNER Summit Station is funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and operated by Battelle ArcticDefinitions of the ArcticDefinitions of the Arctic vary according to environmental, geographical, political, cultural and scientific perspectives. Some scientists define the Arctic as areas having a high latitude, long winters, short, cool summers,... More vary according …
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> EGRIP Field Station
Field SitesSTATION NAME AND OWNER EGRIP (East Greenland Ice drilling Project) owned by Centre for Ice and ClimateThe average weather we would expect over a long …
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> Job opening at University of Copenhagen
NewsINTERACT partner University of Copenhagen is offering a PhD fellowship in Glacial history of the Greenland Ice SheetA mass of glacial land ice extending more …
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> Summer school at Arctic Station, Greenland
NewsThe Advanced ClimateThe average weather we would expect over a long period of time (seasons, years, decades). ClimateThe average weather we would expect over a long period of time (seasons, years, decades). Climate varies from place-to-place across the Earth. Climate is determined by long-term (over at least... More varies from place-to-place across the Earth. ClimateThe average weather we would expect over a long period of time (seasons, years, decades). Climate varies from place-to-place across the Earth. Climate is determined by long-term (over at least... More …
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> ISAR call for abstracts
NewsThe Seventh International Symposium on ArcticDefinitions of the ArcticDefinitions of the Arctic vary according to environmental, geographical, political, cultural and scientific perspectives. Some scientists define the Arctic as areas having a high latitude, long winters, short, cool summers,... More vary according to environmental, geographical, political, cultural and scientific perspectives. Some scientists define the ArcticDefinitions of the Arctic vary according to environmental, geographical, political, cultural and scientific perspectives. Some scientists define the Arctic as areas having a high latitude, long winters, short, cool summers,... More as …
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> Greenland
Disclaimer: Please note that the websites from Greenland are currently under reconstruction and several links may not work! Greenland is a self-governing entity within …
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> Ablation
GlossaryEncompasses all the ways in which ice mass is lost from the surface of a glacier or ice sheetA mass of glacial land ice extending more than 50,000 …
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> Accumulation
GlossaryEncompasses all the ways in which a body of ice (a glacierA glacierA glacier is a large, persistent body of land-based ice that forms over many years where the accumulation of snow is greater than its loss (ablation). The ice in a... More is a large, persistent body of land-based ice that forms over many …
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> Albedo
GlossaryThe ‘whiteness’ of a surface. The higher the albedoThe ‘whiteness’ of a surface. The higher the albedoThe 'whiteness' of a surface. The higher the albedo, the more the surface reflects light. Snow and ice have high albedos; a dark rock would have a lower albedo. Vegetation... More, the more the surface reflects light. Snow and …
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> Crevasse
GlossaryA crack or fissure in a glacier or or ice sheetA mass of glacial land ice extending more than 50,000 square kilometers (20,000 square miles). The two …
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