How much ice was there on Svalbard during the last ice age? When were the glaciers on Svalbard the largest?

The Norwegian Glacier Museum has collected links to topics we think are relevant. Here you can find information about glaciology, the polar regions, climate and geosciences.

… 70% of all fresh water on Earth exists as snow and ice?

The Norwegian Glacier Museum is an authorized visitor center for Jostedalsbreen National Park. The national park is a landscape shaped by ice and water.

Here, the Norwegian Glacier Museum has gathered a collection of photos that visually show the development of some selected glaciers from Jostedalsbreen and the surrounding area.

Jostedalsbreen, with its many outlet glacier, has both in the past and at present time been interesting for carrying out glacier measurements. The Norwegian Glacier Museum has collected front position measurements from Jostedalsbreen from 1900 to the present day.

From lush valleys to glacier and barren high mountains.

A glacier lake outburst flood is an abrupt draining of a glacier dammed lake resulting in a sudden and often catastrophic flood. In technical terms, the phenomenon is called a GLOF (Glacier Lake Outburst Flood).

A jökullaup is an abrupt draining of a wide body of water. In May 2004, there was a jøkullaup from Flatbreen, which developed into a debris flow.

Norwegian Glacier Museum has gathered information about some glacier outlets from Jostedalsbreen.

Bøyaøyri in Fjærland is a wetland area with a rich wildlife where over 100 different bird species have been observed.

Many people use the glacier for hiking, others think of the glacier as an important water reservoir for renewable energy production, while others use the glacier for research, such as climate research.

Jostedalsbreen is the largest glacier on the European mainland.

Glaciers react to changes in climate, so studies of glaciers provide valuable information for climate research.

Why do glaciers get so much attention when it comes to climate change?