Agassiz Ice Cap
CountryCanada
Area21,000 km2
TypeIce cap
About Agassiz Ice Cap
One of the largest ice caps in the Canadian Arctic. Located on Ellesmere Island. Ice cores here reveal 100,000+ years of climate. Losing mass rapidly as Arctic warms 4x faster than the global average.
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