Agassiz Ice Cap

Short description: Ice cap in Nunavut, Canada

Agassiz Ice Cap

Agassiz Ice Cap

Agassiz Ice Cap

Type| Ice cap
Coordinates|  [ ⚑ ] : 80°15′N 076°00′W﻿ / ﻿80.25°N 76°W﻿ / 80.25; -76

The Agassiz Ice Cap formerly Agassiz Glacier[1] is an ice cap on the central eastern side of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada.[2] The Agassiz ice cap is about 21,000 km2 (8,100 sq mi) in area.[2] It is located between the North Ellesmere ice field to the north and the Prince of Wales Icefield to the south.

## Environmental studies

Several studies have been conducted which involve the analysis of ice cores extracted from the Agassiz Ice cap.[3] Many of these studies are focused around climate change.[4]

## References

1. ↑ Agassiz Ice Cap (Formerly Agassiz Glacier)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wolken, G.; Sharp, M.; Wang, L. (2009). "Snow and ice facies variability and ice layer formation on Canadian Arctic ice caps, 1999-2005". Journal of Geophysical Research 114 (F3). doi:10.1029/2008JF001173. Bibcode: 2009JGRF..114.3011W. http://arctic.eas.ualberta.ca/downloads/Wolken et al_2009_Snow and ice facies variability and ice layer formation in the QEI 1999-2005.pdf.
3. ↑ Goto-Azuma, Kumiko; Koerner, Roy M.; Nakawo, Masayoshi; Kudo, Akira (1997). "Snow chemistry of Agassiz Ice Cap, Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories, Canada" (in en). Journal of Glaciology 43 (144): 199–206. doi:10.3189/S0022143000003154. ISSN 0022-1430. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-glaciology/article/snow-chemistry-of-agassiz-ice-cap-ellesmere-island-northwest-territories-canada/AB5C1AD850ABFD99DEE04416FC80B55F.
4. ↑ Lecavalier, Benoit S.; Fisher, David A.; Milne, Glenn A.; Vinther, Bo M.; Tarasov, Lev; Huybrechts, Philippe; Lacelle, Denis; Main, Brittany et al. (2017-06-06). "High Arctic Holocene temperature record from the Agassiz ice cap and Greenland ice sheet evolution" (in en). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 (23): 5952–5957. doi:10.1073/pnas.1616287114. ISSN 0027-8424. PMID 28512225. Bibcode: 2017PNAS..114.5952L.

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