Hutchinson Glacier Explained

Hutchinson Glacier
Other Name:	Hutchinson Gletscher
Location:	Sermersooq, Greenland
Map:	Greenland
Coordinates:	68.1167°N -87°W
Mark:	Blue_pog.svg
Terminus:	Kangerlussuaq Fjord, North Atlantic Ocean

The Hutchinson Glacier (Danish: Hutchinson Gletscher) is a large active glacier on the east coast of the Greenland ice sheet.^[1]

This glacier was named after American aviator George R. Hutchinson who crash-landed and was stranded in the area in 1932 during an attempted around-the-world flight with his family and was rescued and brought to Ammasalik by a fishing trawler.^[2]

Geography

The Hutchinson Glacier flows north of the Crown Prince Frederick Range from the Hutchinson Plateau in the northwest in a roughly eastern direction with an average elevation of 1050m (3,450feet).

The terminus of the glacier is in the southern side of the mouth of the Kangerlussuaq Fjord, the second largest fjord in East Greenland.^{[3] [4]}

This glacier is located in the Sermersooq municipality.

See also

• List of glaciers in Greenland
• List of fjords of Greenland

External links

• Science Flight Report- Operation IceBridge Arctic 2010
• The Cryosphere; The first complete inventory of the local glaciers

Notes and References

1. http://www.mtp.hum.ku.dk/details.asp?isbn=978-87-635-1129-2 Brooks, Charles Kent, Geomorphological observations at Kangerdlugssuaq, East Greenland
2. https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=MT19320913.2.14 Wrecked Plane Flying Hutchinson's is Found On Greenland's Coast
3. Web site: Hutchinson Gletscher. Mapcarta. 11 April 2016.
4. http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18897549 Deer, W. A., D. R. C. Kempe & G. C. Jones, Syenitic and associated intrusions of the Kap Edvard Holm region of Kangerdlugssuaq, East Greenland