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The melting of Swedish glaciers was moderate this summer. According to the latest measurement, Kebnekaise’s southern peak has not gotten lower since last year.
In contrast to what has been reported about extreme reductions of glaciers in the Alps, the melting of Swedish glaciers was moderate during the summer. This is what researchers at the Tarfala research station have come to, according to a press release from Stockholm University.
The annual measurement of the south peak is made by personnel from the research station, who this year climbed the south peak instead of visiting it by helicopter.
The researchers have seen during the year that the melting was not that great, and were therefore happy with the result.
“We therefore hoped to find small changes even at Kebnekaise’s south peak, and are pleased to confirm this with our measurement,” says Jamie Barnett, research engineer at the Tarfala Research Station, in the press release.
The annual measurement of Kebnekaise’s south peak was carried out on September 9 and it showed that it was 2094.6 meters above sea level. It is the same height that was measured at the end of summer 2021.
The southern peak, which consists of a snow-covered glacier, has shrunk in recent years due to the warm climate. In September 2019, the north peak, whose highest point consists of stone, became the official new highest point in Sweden with its 2096.8 meters. The southern peak then measured 2095.6 meters.