Northern Alps Mt. Karamatsu's Snow Valley Glacier travel distance can be measured Nagano Hakuba Village 24 October, 8:24
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“Karamatsuzawa Yukikei” in Mt. Karamatsu in the Northern Alps in Hakuba Village was confirmed to be a glacier this month by a survey conducted by Niigata University.
When the survey team conducted a field survey again on the 22nd, all the poles installed in 5 locations last September to measure the distance traveled by the glacier remained.
According to the survey team, in six glaciers that have been confirmed so far in the country, Paul was buried in snow or caught in an avalanche and could not be observed sufficiently.
The survey team will install an observation device using an artificial satellite called “GNSS” at the tip of the remaining pole to investigate the location information, and in the future, the surveyed data will be analyzed in detail.
It is the first time in Japan that the distance of glaciers throughout the year is known, and the chief of the study team, Associate Professor Chiyuki Narama of Niigata University, said, “If you know the distance traveled throughout the year, It may be a chance to elucidate the mechanism of glaciers and the characteristics of Japanese glaciers. "