Helheim Glacier is a glacier in the Sermersooq municipality, Eastern Greenland.
| Helheim Glacier | |
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| Helheim Gletscher | |
 View of the Helheim Glacier | |
  Location within Greenland | |
| Location | Sermersooq, Greenland |
| Coordinates | 66°21′N 38°12′W / 66.350°N 38.200°W |
| Terminus | Helheim Fjord, Sermilik, North Atlantic Ocean |
This glacier's name is derived from "Helheim", a modern term for a world of the dead in Old Norse religion: Hel.
Geography
editThe Helheim Glacier is located on the eastern side of the Greenland ice sheet. It is one of Greenland's largest outlet glaciers.[1][2][3] It flows roughly in an ESE direction and feeds the waters of the Helheim Fjord, a branch at the northern end of the Sermilik (Danish: Egede og Rothes Fjord) system, where there are a number of other glaciers calving and discharging at rapid rates such as the Fenris and the Midgard Glacier.[4]
Retreat
editHelheim Glacier accelerated from 8 km (5.0 mi) per year in 2000 to 11 km (6.8 mi) per year in 2005.[5] Like many of Greenland's outlet glaciers, it is a common site where glacial earthquakes are monitored.[6]
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2009-09-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Ekström, G., M. Nettles, and V. C. Tsai (2006)"Seasonality and Increasing Frequency of Greenland Glacial Earthquakes", Science, 311, 5768, 1756–1758, doi:10.1126/science.1122112 - ^ http://people.deas.harvard.edu/~vtsai/files/TsaiEkstrom_JGR2007.pdf|Tsai, V. C. and G. Ekström (2007). "Analysis of Glacial Earthquakes", J. Geophys. Res., 112, F03S22, doi:10.1029/2006JF000596
- ^ "Rapid retreat of Greenland's outlet glaciers may be temporary". Nature. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
- ^ "Helheimfjord". Mapcarta. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ^ "Helheim Glacier". United Nations Environment Programme. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
- ^ Ekstrom, Goram (24 March 2006). "Seasonality and Increasing Frequency of Greenland Glacial Earthquakes". Science. 311 (5768): 1756–1758. Bibcode:2006Sci...311.1756E. doi:10.1126/science.1122112. PMID 16556839. S2CID 34298315.
External links
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Media related to Helheim Glacier at Wikimedia Commons- Glaciers Not On Simple, Upward Trend Of Melting sciencedaily.com, Feb. 21, 2007 "Two of Greenland's largest glaciers (Kangerdlugssuaq and Helheim) shrank dramatically ... between 2004 and 2005. And then, less than two years later, they returned to near their previous rates of discharge.
- Ice flow in Greenland for the International Polar Year 2008/2009
- Video of the Week: Massive Calving Event at Helheim Glacier: Arley Titzler, GlacierHub
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