UK geographers study risks of expanding ponds on Everest glaciers
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Tuesday, 7 June 2016
Nepal field campaign May 2016
A team of researchers from the UK
have returned from a field campaign working on and around the Khumbu Glacier in
Nepal. The team comprised a debris-covered glacier research team including
Scott Watson and Owen King from the University of Leeds, and a rock glacier
research team including Darren Jones and Dr Stephan Harrison from the University
of Exeter.
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| Using a lightweight kayak (Advanced Elements Packlite) to retrieve temperature loggers deployed in a supraglacial pond |
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| Example bathymetry data obtained for a supraglacial pond |
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| The debris-covered glacier research team en route to Everest Basecamp |
Debris-covered glacier research:
Research activities
included conducting photographic surveys of ice cliffs to quantify melt rates,
obtaining bathymetric and thermal data from supraglacial ponds, and conducting
a glacier-scale photographic survey of the Khumbu Glacier to be used in a Structure-from-Motion
workflow. The team are investigating topographic change on the Khumbu Glacier
and the role of ice cliffs for glacier-scale melt.
Rock glacier research:
Research activities included a
significant clast analysis to understand landscape evolution and photographic
surveys of rock glacier features.
Other:
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Scott climbs Lobuche East with
and early morning Khumbu Glacier in the background.
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