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Jostedalsbreen Glacier

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Measuring more than 60 kilometers in length, this is the largest glacier in continental Europe. It is located in the south of Norway and is part of Jostedalsbreen National Glacier Park, covering almost 50% of the park's surface. Jostedalsbreen has a total area of 487 km² and the thickest part measures 600 meters.

Unfortunately, just as other glaciers, this one too is slowly retreating. In 2006 one of the glacier's branches lost 50 meters of ice in a few months and could be in danger of breaking away from the icefield. Ice climbing has now been terminated because of this.

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on May 23,2019

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