Blomstrandbreen Explained

Blomstrandbreen is a glacier in Haakon VII Land at the western side of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of 18 kilometres, extending from Isachsenfonna down to Kongsfjorden. The glacier is named after geologist Christian Wilhelm Blomstrand.^{[1] [2]} To the northwest of the glacier is the mountain area of Mercantonfjellet.^[3] Overall, the Blomstrandbreen glacier has retreated over 2 kilometers since 1928 and more than 3 kilometers since 1861.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Blomstrandbreen (Svalbard) . . 4 March 2013 . 28 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170228092231/http://placenames.npolar.no/stadnamn/Blomstrandbreen?ident=1301 . dead .
2. Encyclopedia: Norsk Fjelleksikon. Blomstrandbreen. Per Roger . Lauritzen . Per Roger Lauritzen . 2009 . Friluftsforlaget . Arendal . Norwegian . 978-82-91-49547-7.
3. Encyclopedia: Norsk Fjelleksikon. Mercantonfjellet. Per Roger . Lauritzen . Per Roger Lauritzen . 2009 . Friluftsforlaget . Arendal . Norwegian . 978-82-91-49547-7.
4. Burton . David J. . Benson . Dowdeswell J. A. . Hogan . Kelly A. . Hogan . Kelly A. . Noormets . Riko . 2018-01-05 . Marginal fluctuations of a Svalbard surge-Type tidewater glacier, Blomstrandbreen, since the Little Ice Age: a record of three surges . Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research . 48 . 2 . 10.1657/AAAR0014-094.