In Canada’s High Arctic, within the fiords of Ellesmere Island, there are lakes that float upon the Arctic Ocean. Called epishelf lakes, they are glacially-fed bodies of freshwater that sit atop a steep halocline. The lakes exist only where the ice shelves, filling the mouths of the fiords, act as dams, holding the water from flowing into the ocean. In … Read More about Ice Shelves, Ice Islands and Measuring Change in the High Arctic
High risk, high potential: Conducting research near Greenland’s outlet glaciers
Sometimes high potential comes with high risk. Dr. Clark Richards sees the potential and uses an innovative solution to research how ocean dynamics are destabilizing Greenland’s glaciers.
RBR instruments travel to the far north to support ORP/NASA collaboration
RBR’s instruments go to Greenland as part of a collaboration between the Ocean Research Project, and NASA.
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