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Penny Ice Cap in 1979 and 2000

Penny Ice Cap is the southernmost of Canada’s big ice caps. Like other glaciers and ice caps in the Northern Hemisphere, the Penny has been thinning and its valley glaciers have been retreating in recent decades.


NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using Landsat data provided by the University of Maryland’s Global Land Cover Facility and the United States Geological Survey. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey. Thanks to Claire Parkinson, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, for help with image interpretation.

Published September 18, 2008
Data acquired August 13, 1979 - August 13, 2000

Sources:
Landsat 4 > MSS
Landsat 7 > ETM+