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Fig. 4. The front of
Dyngjujökull.
Photo: P. Pálsson,
Aug. 1956.
SÍDUJÖKULL 1962/64
The first signs of crevassing near Pálsfjall
were observed from an aeroplane during the
summer of 1962 by M. Jóhannsson (pers. comm.).
It was then only a question of rather narrow
crevasses. Aug. 6 that summer the present writer
viewed the entire rnargin of Sídujökull from
the air and found it a typical smooth recession
margin, showing no signs of advance. About
the middle of September some members of the
Iceland Glaciological Society, led by G. Gud-
mundsson, visited Pálsfjall and found that the
crevassing W and N of that nunatak had in-
creased a lot since observed by M. Jóhannsson.
September 27, 1963, when the present writer
flew over the glacier, the area all around Páls-
Fig. 5. Pálsfjall and its surroundings.
Aerial view towards NNE, Sept. 9, 1964.
SW of the nunatak the ice surface has
sunk about 25 m.
Photo: S. Thorarinsson.
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