# Penny Ice Cap

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Ice cap in Nunavut, Canada

Penny Ice Cap The Penny Ice Cap Type Ice cap Location Nunavut, Canada Coordinates 67°17′N 66°13′W / 67.283°N 66.217°W / 67.283; -66.217 (Penny Ice Cap)[1] OAMSC Terminus outflow glaciers

The **Penny Ice Cap**, formerly **Penny Icecap**,[2] is a 6,000 km2 (2,300 sq mi) [ice cap](/source/Ice_cap) in [Auyuittuq National Park](/source/Auyuittuq_National_Park) of [Baffin Island](/source/Baffin_Island), [Nunavut](/source/Nunavut), Canada. It forms a 2,000 m (6,562 ft) high barrier on the [Cumberland Peninsula](/source/Cumberland_Peninsula), an area of deep [fjords](/source/Fjord) and glaciated valleys. It is a remnant of the [Laurentide ice sheet](/source/Laurentide_ice_sheet). During the mid-1990s, Canadian researchers studied the glacier's patterns of freezing and thawing over centuries by drilling [ice core](/source/Ice_core) samples.[3][4]

The ice cap has been thinning and its valley glaciers have been retreating in recent decades related to rising summer and winter air temperatures across the eastern [Arctic](/source/Arctic).[5][6]

The ice cap is named after Captain [William Penny](/source/William_Penny), a [whaling](/source/Whaling) captain from [Aberdeen](/source/Aberdeen), Scotland. Penny pioneered over-wintering with [Inuit](/source/Inuit) at [Cumberland Sound](/source/Cumberland_Sound) in the 19th century so that he could begin whaling much earlier in the season than his competitors. He was also engaged by Lady [Jane Franklin](/source/Jane_Franklin) to search for [John Franklin](/source/John_Franklin) and [his lost expedition](/source/Franklin's_lost_expedition), who had gone missing with all his crew in the search for the [Northwest Passage](/source/Northwest_Passage).

## See also

- [List of glaciers](/source/List_of_glaciers)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-OAMSC_1-0)** ["Penny Ice Cap"](https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=OAMSC). *[Geographical Names Data Base](/source/GeoBase_(geospatial_data)#Geographical_Names_Data_Base)*. [Natural Resources Canada](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Penny Ice Cap (Formerly Penny Icecap)](http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/82808d52d05511d892e2080020a0f4c9)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Nunatsiaq News: Penney Ice Cap shrinking like the rest?"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080512045855/http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/60421/news/nunavut/60421_08.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/60421/news/nunavut/60421_08.html) on 2008-05-12. Retrieved 2008-01-05.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [NOAA Paleoclimatology: Penny Ice Cap Data](http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/icecore/polar/penny/penny.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [NASA: Penny Ice Cap in 1979 and 2000](https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/IPY/multimedia/ipyimg_20080918.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [C. Zdanowicz et al.: Summer melt rates on Penny Ice Cap, Baffin Island: Past and recent trends, and implications for regional climate](http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/pip/2011JF002248.shtml)

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