Abstract

New wide-angle vertical aerial photography covering most of West and East Greenland were flown in the years 1981 and 1985 by Mark Hurd Corp., Minneapolis, Minnesota, for the Geodetic Institute, Copenhagen. The photographs are on a scale of approximately 1:150 000,so that single photographs cover a large area, and are valuable as bench marks for glacier changes. These photographs have been used for updating information on West Greenland glacier changes and the history of West Greenland glacier surges. Those covering East Greenland have been used for location of importantcentres of surging glaciers.

Highlights

  • New wide-angle vertical aerial photography covering most of West and East Greenland were flown in the years 1981 and 1985 by Mark Hurd Corp., MinneapoHs, Minnesota, for the Geodetic Institute, Copenhagen

  • Glacier surges are defined as a mass "transfer of a large volume of ice from a reservoir area to a receiving area" (Paterson, 1981, p. 279)

  • Surges are 10cated by diagnostic features resulting from the surging activity, such as strong crevassing, complex lobation of the frontal areas, or widespread pitting of the glacier surface

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Summary

Anker Weidick

New wide-angle vertical aerial photography covering most of West and East Greenland were flown in the years 1981 and 1985 by Mark Hurd Corp., MinneapoHs, Minnesota, for the Geodetic Institute, Copenhagen. The photographs are on .a scale of approximately 1:150 OOO,so that single photographs cover a large area, and are valuable as bench marks for glacier changes. These photographs have been used for updating information on West Greenland glacier changes and the history of West Greenland glacier surges. Those covering East Greenland have been used for location of importantcentres of surging·glaciers

Procedure
Disko and Nugssuaq
Regional occllrrences af surges in Greenland

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