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Bulletin of Glaciological Research 22 (2005) 109-119
©Japanese Society of Snow and Ice

Overview of Glaciological Research Project in Patagonia 2003

Masamu ANIYA¹, Kazuhide SATOW², Pedro SKVARCA³, Ryo ANMA¹, Tatsuto AOKI⁴,
Takanobu SAWAGAKI⁵, Tomonori TANIKAWA⁶, Renji NARUSE⁷, Neil GLASSER⁸
and Stephan HARRISON⁹
1 Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
2 Nagaoka National College of Technology, Nagaoka 940-8532, Japan
3 Institute Antartico Argentino, Serrito 1248, C1010AAZ Buenos Aires, Argentina
4 Department of Geography, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
5 Graduate School of Environmental Earth Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
6 Graduate Student, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
7 Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0819, Japan
8 Centre for Glaciology, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth, UK
9 Oxford University Centre for the Environment, Mansfield Road, Oxford, UK
 

Abstract

　 Glaciological Research Project in Patagonia 2003 is the first year of the three-year project entitled "Holocene Environmental Changes in Patagonia Icefield, South America" funded by the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan. In this report, we outlined the aim of the project and purposes of the 2003 activities. Three field parties were sent to Patagonia; (1) geomorphological and glaciological group to Glaciar Exploradores, the Northern Patagonia Icefield, (2) glaciological group to Glaciar Perito Moreno, the Southern Patagonia Icefield, and (3) geological group to the volcanic field and alpine glaciers of Patagonia. Activities of the each group are described and some preliminary results are summarized.