Hansbreen is a glacier in Wedel Jarlsberg Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It covers an area of about 64 km2 and has a length of fifteen kilometers. The glacier is located north of Hornsund and approaches the sea near Isbjørnhamna. It is named after Austrian nobleman Hans Rafael Wilczek. The glacier has been subject for studies of climatic effects, as one out of four selected glaciers at Svalbard.[1][2][3]
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^Lauritzen, Per Roger, ed. (2009). "Hansbreen". Norsk Fjelleksikon (in Norwegian). Arendal: Friluftsforlaget. ISBN 978-82-91-49547-7.
^"Isbjørnhamna (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
Hansbreen is a glacier in Wedel Jarlsberg Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It covers an area of about 64 km2 and has a length of fifteen kilometers. The...
island of Spitsbergen has numerous glaciers. Research indicates that Hansbreen (Hans Glacier) on Spitsbergen retreated 1.4 km (0.87 mi) from 1936 to...
explorer Werner Werenskiold. It is situated adjacent to the glaciers of Hansbreen and Deileggbreen, which are divided from Werenskioldbreen by the mountain...
construction of Barentsburg Heliport, Heerodden. A Soviet helicopter crashed at Hansbreen in August 1977, although no-one was killed. Norwegian authorities give...
Jania; H. Blatter; M. Funk (2004). "Short-term velocity variations on Hansbreen, a tidewater glacier in Spitsbergen". Journal of Glaciology. 50 (170):...
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