Ryder Glacier (Greenland)

Ryder Glacier (Danish: Ryder Gletscher), is one of the major glaciers in northern Greenland.^[1]

This glacier was first mapped by Lauge Koch in 1917 during Knud Rasmussen's 1916-1918 Second Thule Expedition to north Greenland and was named after Danish Arctic explorer Carl Ryder.

Geography

The Ryder Glacier originates in the Greenland Ice Cap. It is roughly north–south oriented and has its terminus at the head of the Sherard Osborn Fjord between Permin Land and Warming Land. It is 30 km long and is a floating tongue within the fjord.^[2][3]

Bibliography

• Anthony K. Higgins, North Greenland Glacier Velocities and Calf Ice Production

See also

• List of glaciers in Greenland

References

1. Contribution to the glaciology of northern Greenland - UCI ESS
2. Ryder Glacier, Northern Greenland Transient snowline rise
3. Ice flow of Humboldt, Petermann and Ryder Gletscher, northern Greenland - Journal of Glaciology 45 (150):231-241 · June 1999

External links

• A Mini-Surge on the Ryder Glacier, Greenland, Observed by Satellite Radar Interferometry
• Arctic Sea Ice Forum