Global Outlook for Ice & Snow

(a)

Africa New Guinea, Irian Jaya

Siberia New Zealand

Europe Subantarctic Islands

South America

Svalbard and surrounds

Alaska Russian Arctic islands North America (excluding Alaska and Canadian Arctic islands)

Asia

Canadian Arctic islands

0

50 000

100 000

150 000 km 2

1700

1750

1800

1850

1900

1950

2000

(b)

Alaska

Canada, USA (excl. Alaska) Norway European Alps

Russia, Arctic Isles Russia, North Caucasus

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???

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Russia, Urals Russia, Altai Russia, Siberia Russia, Kamchatka Tien Shan + Pamirs Himalayas Tibet and surrounds Tropics South America New Zealand

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1700

1750

1800

1850

1900

1950

2000

Maximum

Decrease

Minimum

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GLACIERS AND ICE CAPS

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