The Cryosphere, 11, 157–168, 2017 www.the-cryosphere.net/11/157/2017/ doi:10.5194/tc-11-157-2017 © Author(s) 2017. CC Attribution 3.0 License. Recent changes in area and thickness of Torngat Mountain glaciers (northern Labrador, Canada) Nicholas E. Barrand1, Robert G. Way2, Trevor Bell3, and Martin J. Sharp4 1School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 2Department of Geography, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada 3Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada 4Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Correspondence to: Nicholas E. Barrand (
[email protected]) Received: 6 July 2016 – Published in The Cryosphere Discuss.: 5 September 2016 Revised: 22 December 2016 – Accepted: 22 December 2016 – Published: 24 January 2017 Abstract. The Torngat Mountains National Park, northern 1 Introduction Labrador, Canada, contains more than 120 small glaciers: the only remaining glaciers in continental northeast North The glaciers of the Torngat Mountains, northern Labrador, America. These small cirque glaciers exist in a unique topo- Canada, occupy a unique physiographic and climatic setting climatic setting, experiencing temperate maritime summer at the southern limit of the eastern Canadian Arctic. Their conditions yet very cold and dry winters, and may pro- proximity to the Labrador Current provides temperate, mar- vide insights into the deglaciation dynamics of similar small itime summer conditions yet very cold and dry winters. Ex- glaciers in temperate mountain settings. Due to their size and amination of Torngat glacier change may provide insights remote location, very little information exists regarding the into the deglaciation dynamics of other similarly situated health of these glaciers.