The thermal impact of tourism on a Svalbard glacier cave (Short Communication)
Open Access
- 24 August 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Masaryk University Press in Czech Polar Reports
- Vol. 11 (1), 154-160
- https://doi.org/10.5817/cpr2021-1-11
Abstract
Glacier cave visits are an important tourism activity on Svalbard with increasing popularity. This study investigates the thermal effect of touristic visits on the air temperature of a glacier cave on Longyearbreen, a small high-Arctic glacier. Short-term temperature perturbations of up to 1.59°C (42% local temperature increase) can be linked to human visitors. It is, however, unlikely that the local heat input from touristic visits is high enough to cause a lasting effect on the thermal regime of glacier caves and the surrounding ice.Keywords
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