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    Briksdalsbreen (English: the Briksdal glacier) is one of the most accessible and best known arms of the Jostedalsbreen glacier. Briksdalsbreen is located...
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    the glacier arm Briksdalsbreen lost 50 metres (160 ft) of ice in a few months. More recent measurements now show that Briksdalsbreen retreated 146 metres...
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    Jostedalsbreen glacier inside Jostedalsbreen National Park. The small Briksdalsbreen is a smaller arm that branches off the main Jostedalsbreen glacier,...
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    The cruise port in Olden had 102 cruise ship arrivals in 2019. The Briksdalsbreen glacier, a popular hiking destination, is located about 25 kilometres...
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    Brenndalsbreen, Briksdalsbreen and Bergsetbreen had a frontal retreat of more than 100 m (330 ft). Overall, from 1999 to 2005, Briksdalsbreen retreated 336...
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    Hornindalsvatnet, Europe's deepest lake at 514 metres (1,686 ft). The glacier Briksdalsbreen is particularly scenic. The Stryn area provides year-round alpine skiing...
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  • Norheimsund, Hardanger 300,000 7 Nærøyfjorden Fjord Aurland 297,038 8 Briksdalsbreen Glacier Olden, Stryn 280,000 9 Sognefjellsvegen Road Lom and Luster...
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    mountains running into the mirroring fjords and lakes. The glacier Briksdalsbreen lies in the Oldedalen valley. The Stryn area also has a number of other...
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    Jostedalsbreen National Park IUCN category II (national park) Briksdalsbreen (Briksdal glacier) attracts over 300,000 visitors every year. Location Vestland...
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    Glacier, Briksdalsbreen, Norway...
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    Briksdalsbreen is one of the more popular parts of Jostedalsbreen (Image from 2005)...
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  • Vaughan-Hirsch D & Martinez K. 2011: Assessing the catastrophic break up of Briksdalsbreen, Norway, associated with rapid climate change. J. Geol. Society of London...
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    shore of the lake Oppstrynsvatn. The mountain Skåla and the glaciers Briksdalsbreen and Jostedalsbreen are to the southwest of this visitor's center. Jostedalsbreen...
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