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Fork Beard Glacier

Located on Cumberland Peninsula it is an off shooting glacier of the Penny Ice Cap (Andre, 2007). In the past 50 years there have been dramatic changes in the ice volume (Andre, 2007). In the 1950’s, this glacier reached the valley floor, but has now risen more than 300 m and is no longer visible from the valley floor (Andre, 2007). When this glacier was named in the 1950’s it had two lobes, which was why it was named “Fork” Beard Glacier (Andre, 2007). Today there is only one lobe still present. There is a very high rate of melt occurring that is also resulting in a high degree of erosion, and mass loss.

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Figure 1: North view of Mount Thor, with the Fork Beard Glacier. This picture was taken in the summer of 1997 (Allik and Mulder, 2001).

Figure 2: Thor Peak and Fork Beard Glacier from across the Weasel Valley. This picture was taken in 2005 (Hodge, 2005).

LINKS:
C-GIP HOME PAGE
Baffin Island Introduction

Glaciated Peninsulas Include:

Brodeur Peninsula Cumberland Peninsula Hall Peninsula Meta Incognita Peninsula
Ice Caps on Baffin Island Include:
Barnes Ice Cap Grinnell Ice Cap Penny Ice Cap Terra Nivea Ice Cap
Glacial features in Cumberland Peninsula Include:
Boas Glacier Caribou Glacier Coronation Glacier Fork Beard Glacier Highway Glacier
Penny Ice Cap Tumbling Glacier
Glacial features in Hall Peninsula Include:
Grinnell Ice Cap
Glacial features in Meta Incognita Peninsula Include:
Terra Nivea Ice Cap
Additional Links:
Decade Glacier Effects of Climate Change on Baffin References

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