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Svalbard 2024 light season from NASA MODIS satellite data
This animation of daily NASA MODIS (Aqua and Terra) images illustrates the period from the return of the sun following polar night, to...
aluckman4
Mar 171 min read
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Pine Island Glacier (PIG)
Draining 10% of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (5% of Antarctica as a whole), Pine Island Glacier currently accounts for ~13% of Antarctic...
aluckman4
Feb 261 min read
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Svalbard glacier surges
The Copernicus Sentinel-1 SAR mission provides data which can be used to derive ice surface velocity. This animation charts the annual...
aluckman4
Jan 221 min read
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Thwaites Glacier Western Calving Front
At the most active part of the terminus of Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica, kilometre-sized icebergs calve away every few weeks. Some...
aluckman4
Jan 91 min read
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Two Svalbard glacier surges
In this animation of Copernicus Program Sentinel-1 images you can see the surge of Arnesenbreen (bottom right), which commenced in mid...
aluckman4
Jan 31 min read
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Denman Glacier animation
Denman Glacier in East Antarctica meets the ocean close to the Shackleton Ice Shelf. This outlet glacier flows through the deepest canyon...
aluckman4
Dec 18, 20241 min read
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Brunt Ice Shelf: major calving promotes further speed-up
Two large icebergs have calved from Brunt Ice Shelf in recent years - A74 in February 2021 and A81 in January 2023. Many thought that...
aluckman4
Sep 13, 20231 min read
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Impending disintegration of Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf
It won't be long now before the eastern ice shelf of Thwaites glacier falls apart completely. Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica is...
Adrian Luckman
Sep 4, 20231 min read
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