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Jostedalsbreen National Park

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

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Glacier photo

The Norwegian Glacier Museum has collected photos that visually show the changes of selected glaciers from Jostedalsbreen and the surrounding area.

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Glacier measurements on Jostedalsbreen glacier

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.

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Jøkullaup

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).

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Jøkullaup from Flatbreen

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.

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Bøyaøyri nature reserve

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

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Research on the glacier

Many people use the glacier for hiking, others think of the glacier as an important water reservoir for power generation in the country, while others use the glacier for research, including climate research.

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Jostedalsbreen

Jostedalsbreen is the largest glacier on the European mainland.

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A changing climate

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

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