Glaciological observations in the south-western Scoresby Sund region. A preliminary report

Abstract

The glaciological work on the 1972 geological expedition to Scoresby Sund, East Greenland, was an expansion of the observations made on the expedition in 1968 (see Olesen & Reeh, 1969). In 1968 observations on rate of movement and estimations of the calve-ice production in the northern parts of the Seoresby Sund fjord complex were carried out. A natural continuation of this study was to observe the remainder of the major glaciers, draining the lnland lce into the southern parts of the same fjord system.