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Greenland's Qaanaaq Ice Cap has lost enough ice to produce a layer of water about 8 meters deep
Each summer, researchers from Hokkaido University returned to the Qaanaaq Ice Cap in northwestern Greenland to measure changes in the ice surface using aluminum poles drilled into the ice.
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Researchers from Hokkaido University have been measuring the Qaanaaq Ice Cap in northwestern Greenland each summer since 2012. They use aluminum poles drilled into the ice to track surface changes. The 13‑year record, published in the Journal of Glaciology, documents how the ice cap has thinned from 2012 to 2025. The study offers a rare long‑term, ground‑based record of glacier change in this region.
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