Nigardsbreen
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Nigardsbreen (Template:Langx)[1][2][3] is a glacier arm of the large Jostedalsbreen glacier. Nigardsbreen lies about Script error: No such module "convert". north of the village of Gaupne in the Jostedalen valley in Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located just west of the Jostedøla river.[4]
The Breheimsenteret museum is located Script error: No such module "convert". south in the village of Jostedal. In front of the Nigardsbreen is the lake Nigardsbrevatnet where there is a small boat to transport visitors to the glacier. There is also a bus to take visitors to the glacier.
History
During the first half of the 18th century, the glacier expanded due to cold weather. Then, the winters of 1741-1744 were extremely cold. Apples and pears did not ripen during the summer and the bee populations perished. Between 1700 and 1748, the glacier moved forward about Script error: No such module "convert". completely covering and crushing nine farms (Danish: Ni gårde) (hence the name of the glacier). By 1748, the Nigardsbreen covered about Script error: No such module "convert".. From 1930 until 1939, the glacier retracted again.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Safety
Nigardbreen has seen several severe accidents. In July 1986 two people, a Danish woman and her 8-year-old daughter, died when hit by chunks of ice that fell from the glacier. In 1994 a Polish woman was left in critical condition after being hit by falling ice. In 2014 a German couple died as a result of being crushed by ice; their children standing close by survived physically unharmed.[5][6][7] In August 2018 an Austrian man drowned when a wave caused by a huge block of ice swept him into the glacial river.[8]
Media gallery
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Detail Nigardsbreen
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View on Nigardsbrevassnet from the glacier
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Nigardsbreen in July 2012
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Overall view of the glacier (2017)
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Nigardsbreen summer 1962
See also
References
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- ↑ Ektepar omkom i breulykken - Barna på åtte og ti år ble øyenvitner. Kriseteamet i Luster tar seg nå av barna. Script error: No such module "webarchive". [Married couple died in the glacier accident - The children, eight- and nine years old were eyewitnesses. The crisis team of Luster are now with the children.]
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- ↑ – Vi kan ikke forestille oss hvordan barna må føle det [We can not imagine how the children must feel]
- ↑ 38 år gammel turist fra Østerrike omkom ved Nigardsbreen søndag. bt.no, Aug 6th 2018
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