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- 30 March 2016:
Mansutti D., Bucchignani E. and Glowacki P., 2016, Numerical validation of the conjecture of a subglacial lake at Amundsenisen, Svalbard. Applied Mathematical Modelling, doi:/10.1016/j.apm.2016.03.030 Article
- 15 December 2014:
Martín-Español A., Navarro F.J., Otero J., Lapazaran J.J., B³aszczyk M., 2015. Estimate of the total volume of Svalbard glaciers, and their potential contribution to sea-level rise, using new regionally based scaling relationships. Journal of Glaciology, 61 (225): 29-41, doi: 10.3189/2015JoG14J159 Article
- 5 December 2014:
Martín-Español A., 2013. Estimate of the total ice volume of Svalbard glaciers and their potential contribution to sea-level rise. Thesis (Doctoral), E.T.S.I. Telecomunicación (UPM)
Svalbard glaciers inventory 
- 6 October 2012:
Workshop on the Dynamics and Mass Budget of Arctic Glaciers
& the IASC Network on Arctic Glaciology Annual Meeting
Date: 26 - 28 February, 2013
Place: University Center Obergurgl, Obergurgl, Austria
www: http://ny.arcticportal.org/workshop.html
25 February 2013, after 6 p.m. - Scientific Steering Meeting of the SvalGlac Partners (library)
- 16 December 2011:
Workshop on the Dynamics and Mass Budget of Arctic Glaciers & the IASC Network on Arctic Glaciology Annual Meeting
Date: 10 - 13 January 2012
Place: Zieleniec, Duszniki Zdroj, Poland
Contact: Krzysztof Migala
- 16 September 2011:
the SvalGlac Scientific Steering Committee meeting
Date: 30 October 2011, 9:00 AM
Address: University of Oslo (Blindern campus - the Geology building), Geologibygningen, Sem Salands vei 1, Blindern, 0371 OSLO, Norway
http://www.uio.no/om/finn-fram/omrader/blindern/bl19/
- 5 April 2011:
Press release / Arctic Centre:
Arctic Centre's researcher returns to expedition to Svalbard
Postdoctoral researcher, glaciologist Martina Schäfer, leaves on Thursday to her second expedition to Svalbard with a Polish glaciology research group.
The group is doing measurements on different glaciers in the Hornsundbay area, mainly on the already well-studied Hansbreen glacier and on the difficultly accessible Paierlbreen glacier, on which Schäfer's research project focuses. Schäfer joined the Polish team already last autumn in their expedition to Svalbard.
Schäfer's part of the research consists in modeling the dynamics of the ice-flow of Paierlbreen glacier including occurring surge events and comparison between the surging Paierlbreen glacier and the non-surging adjacent Hansbreen glacier. The process of surging is an event where a glacier can move up to several hundreds of meters per day during a short period of time.
Schäfer is mostly involved in measurements done with two timelapse-cameras. The cameras are placed on rocks overlooking the glacier, and they are programmed to take pictures regularly, for example every three hours. The goal is to gather necessary data for the modeling work which aims in improving the understanding of the occurring surge events. The research group will try to get the cameras' memory cards back during the autumn if the sea conditions allow for it. There are several other risks also, for example camera malfunctions, bad weather, avalanches or polar bears playing with the cameras.
The expedition is part of the international PolarCLIMATE project "Sensitivity of Svalbard glaciers to climate change (SvalGlac)". It is one of the six proposals implemented within the European Polar Board programme. It is financed by the national funding agencies and some polar ones, also outside of Europe, as partners.
You can follow the expedition on the internet from Martina Schäfer's own website (http://martinadfc.cwsurf.de/Svalbard/svalbard2011.html).
The photo of Martina Schäfer is taken on the first expedition at Svalbard by Malgorzata Blaszczyk.
For more information, please contact:
Martina Schäfer, email: martina.schafer@ulapland.fi
In Finnish:
- November 2011:
Press Release / University of Silesia:
"The study of glaciers" - relation from another Spitsbergen expedition of glaciology researchers from the University of Silesia within the SvalGlac Project (ESF) "Sensitivity of Svalbard glaciers to climate change"
In Polish: www
- 26 August 2010:
Press release
Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland:
Arctic Centre's researcher on expedition at Svalbard
The Arctic Centre's postdoctoral researcher, glaciologist Martina Schäfer is on her way to Svalbard with a Polish glaciology research group from the University of Silesia in Katowice to investigate the balance and state of the glaciers on south west Svalbard.
During the expedition the group is going to do measurements on the well-studied Hansbreen glacier and explore Paierlbreen glacier. The aim of the research on Paierlbreen is to understand better the process of surge motivated by aiming to understand better how glaciers reflect climate (and climate change) and future sea-level change.
The process of surging (a short event, where a glacier can move up to 100-times faster than normal (several hundreds of meters per day) associated with severe crevassing and associated intense calving (iceberg break up) is not yet well understood and an important process to understand the past and predict the future of glaciers.
Schäfer's part of the research consists in modeling the dynamics of the glacier including occurring surge events. This first glacier recognition expedition is the occasion to determine the necessary, but also feasible field observations.
The expedition is part of the international PolarCLIMATE project "Sensitivity of Svalbard glaciers to climate change (SvalGlac)" funded by The European Science Foundation (ESF).
You can follow the expedition on internet from www.arctic centre.org/
For more information:
Martina Schäfer, email: martina.schafer@ulapland.fi
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