And the bottom sample even >6800 years old, wow. Impressive record on top of an equally impressive mountain.

Thanks for all the updates! I quickly made a page myself, to be continued... glacierchange.com/en/birchglac...

He sure made beautiful paintings, and what a timing! A very characteristic style, see for example Untersulzbachkees (glacierchange.com/en/untersulz...)

Also note the change at neighboring Fiesch Glacier, which happens to be story number 100 on my site and published today! Interesting history, intertwined with local (agri)culture.
glacierchange.com/en/fieschgla...

What a spectaculair island. Seems like other glaciers could uncover lagoons as well, starting with Fiftyone and Vahsel. Crazy to realize Heard Island (S) is at the same latitude as The Netherlands (N).

Thanks! Too bad I arrived there at sunset and had to catch the train, so no time for better pictures. And the drone had a hard time fighting the catabatic-like winds! Good thing there are DEM's! Other outlets of Hardangerjøkulen will follow.

The other two monitored ice caps in Iceland, Hofsökull and Langjökull, did even worse and lost 1 m of their thickness or about 0.8 km3 of ice each. And all this in an anomalously cold year (see graph, data from vedur.is). That's how far glaciers are out of balance with their climate.

That's exactly what I'm trýing to do! Really appreciate your kind words.