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View of Svartisen Glacier

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View of Svartisen Glacier

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View of Svartisen Glacier

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Location: Meløy, Nordland, Norway

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1. Svartisen Glacier Tongue – View of the Svartisen Glacier loop from Halsa

10.2km

03:26

330m

Hard hike. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

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2. Svartisvatnet Glacial Lake – Svartisen Glacier loop from Halsa

16.7km

05:00

300m

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3. Svartisvatnet Glacial Lake – Svartisen Glacier loop from Halsa

3.07km

00:47

10m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Ulrike

July 15, 2024

HISTORY:
The area around Meløy has been completely or partially covered by glaciers several times. Around 20,000 years ago, the inland ice was at its greatest extent during the last ice age. In contrast, the glacier was completely ice-free 8,000 and 6,000 years ago. It was only as a result of large amounts of precipitation and a colder climate that the glacier began to grow again 2,500 years ago. In 1750, the glacier tongue was around two kilometers closer to the fjord than it is today. This can be attributed to the visible moraine ridge left by the glacier north and west of Engenbrevatn.
The Østertal ice split into two glacier arms around 100 years ago. The eastern one reached as far as the Svartisen glacier lake. Over the next 50 years, the glacier retreated considerably and no longer reached the lake. In 1910 the glacier front was only 50 metres from the glacier lake, but by 1945 it was already 1000 metres away. As the glacier retreated, another glacier lake was formed on the western edge of the glacier arm. As the ice continued to retreat, the lake grew larger from year to year.

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Elevation 20 m

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Wednesday 24 December

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Max wind speed: 9.0 km/h

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Location: Meløy, Nordland, Norway

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1. Svartisen Glacier Tongue – View of the Svartisen Glacier loop from Halsa

2. Svartisvatnet Glacial Lake – Svartisen Glacier loop from Halsa

3. Svartisvatnet Glacial Lake – Svartisen Glacier loop from Halsa

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