Åsgardfonna
Åsgardfonna is a glacier in Ny-Friesland on Spitsbergen, between Wijdefjorden and Lomfjorden. The glacier covers and area of about 1,230 km2 (470 sq mi). It is named after Åsgard in Norse mythology. Earlier names of the glacier are Åsgårdfonna and Névé dôme Asgård.[1][2]
A study published in the scientific journal Nature in 2025, based on sediment analyses from the lakes of Berglivatnet and Lakssjøen, suggests that the ice cap of Åsgardfonna survived and possibly expanded in periods during the warmer-than-present Holocene climatic optimum.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Åsgardfonna". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ Hagen, Jon Ove. "Åsgårdfonna". In Henriksen, Petter (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ Setså, Ronny (17 March 2025). "Klimamodeller kan overvurdere bretap". geoforskning.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ Auer, Andreea Gabriela; Blit, Willem G.M. van der; Plas, Sander van der (2025). "Hydroclimate intensification likely aided glacier survival on Svalbard in the early Holocene". Nature. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
79°35′06″N 16°37′36″E / 79.58500°N 16.62667°E
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