>The Briksdalsbre Event is not only known for its quick and widespread advance. The subsequent rapid retreat to pre-advance conditions was just as impressive. Again, Briksdalsbreen is a prime example. After holding on to its length until 2001, it lost the same 400 m it had regained in just seven years. In 2007 the glacier had the same length again as in the period 1950-1970. In the following years the ice retreated from the lake, the snout got disconnected and disappeared. This catastrophic break-up was for a large part caused by disintegration in the lake water ([Hart et al., 2011](https://doi.org/10.1144/0016-76492010-024)). By 2015 only the icefall was left, terminating high above the lake ([NVE Glacier Periodic Photo](https://glacier.nve.no/Glacier/viewer/GPP/en/nve/GlacierPictureInfo/2316?name=Briksdalsbreen%20)). The length change measurements that were initiated by Rekstad in 1900 had to be discontinued, for the snout has become inaccessible. The glacier will retreat even further in the coming decades ([Laumann & Nesje, 2009](https://doi.org/10.3189/002214309790152366)).
>Surprisingly, Briksdalsbreen keeps attracting flocks of tourists, despite its strong retreat. Maybe they are misled by images displaying a glacier descending well into the lake, maybe they appreciate the landscape with or without a glacier. Either way, it’s an good location to see climate change in action.
It’s so sad to see how much it has retreated recently. Lichen growth on rocks makes them look darker, so all that lighter rock has been only recently exposed. It’s quite devastating…
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Be a shame if something happened to them
>The Briksdalsbre Event is not only known for its quick and widespread advance. The subsequent rapid retreat to pre-advance conditions was just as impressive. Again, Briksdalsbreen is a prime example. After holding on to its length until 2001, it lost the same 400 m it had regained in just seven years. In 2007 the glacier had the same length again as in the period 1950-1970. In the following years the ice retreated from the lake, the snout got disconnected and disappeared. This catastrophic break-up was for a large part caused by disintegration in the lake water ([Hart et al., 2011](https://doi.org/10.1144/0016-76492010-024)). By 2015 only the icefall was left, terminating high above the lake ([NVE Glacier Periodic Photo](https://glacier.nve.no/Glacier/viewer/GPP/en/nve/GlacierPictureInfo/2316?name=Briksdalsbreen%20)). The length change measurements that were initiated by Rekstad in 1900 had to be discontinued, for the snout has become inaccessible. The glacier will retreat even further in the coming decades ([Laumann & Nesje, 2009](https://doi.org/10.3189/002214309790152366)).
>Surprisingly, Briksdalsbreen keeps attracting flocks of tourists, despite its strong retreat. Maybe they are misled by images displaying a glacier descending well into the lake, maybe they appreciate the landscape with or without a glacier. Either way, it’s an good location to see climate change in action.
It’s so sad to see how much it has retreated recently. Lichen growth on rocks makes them look darker, so all that lighter rock has been only recently exposed. It’s quite devastating…
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