Strupbreen
Appearance
Strupbreen | |
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Type | Valley |
Location | Troms, Norway |
Coordinates | 69°42′28″N 20°09′28″E / 69.7079°N 20.1578°E |
Area | 8.7 km2 (3.4 sq mi) |
Strupbreen is a
Lyngenfjorden. Today the end of the glacier lies about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the shoreline, with a small stream of water flowing from the glacier to the fjord.[1]
The glacier, at about its Little Ice Age maximum extent shed ice blocks onto the shoreline below. This formed a cone of ice separated from the main glacier snout. This cone was used as an ice supply for fishing vessels.[2]
The glacier and its associated ice-dammed lake were investigated by the University of Leicester Arctic Norway Expedition in 1969. Publications arising from this include work on the size and retreat of Strupbreen[3] and on the drainage of the lake Strupvatnet.[4] The ice dammed lake, Strupvatnet, was first explored by the English climbers William Cecil Slingsby and Geoffrey Hastings and the Norwegian Elias Hogrenning in 1898.[5]
References
- Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
- ^ Johnsen, B.; Skjerven, O. (1984). Lyngsalpene (in Norwegian). Universitetsforlaget.
- ^ Whalley, W.B. (1973). "A note on the fluctuations of the level and size of Strupvatnet, Lyngen, Troms, and the interpretation of ice loss from Strupbreen". Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift. 27: 39–45.
- ^ Whalley, W. (1971). "Observations of the drainage of an ice-dammed lake—Strupvatnet, Troms, Norway". Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift.
- ^ Whalley, W.B.; Parkinson, A.F. (2016). "Visitors to 'the northern playgrounds': tourists and exploratory science in north Norway". Special Publications. 417. London: Geological Society: 83–93.