New Guinea, Irian Jaya
(a)
Africa
New Zealand
Siberia
Subantarctic Islands
Europe
South America
Svalbard and surrounds
North America (excluding Alaska and Canadian Arctic islands)
Russian Arctic islands
Alaska
Asia
Canadian Arctic
islands
0 50 000 100 000 150 000 km
2
1700 1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000
Alaska
(b)
Canada, USA (excl. Alaska)
Norway
European Alps
Russia, Arctic Isles ???
Russia, North Caucasus ???
Russia, Urals ???
Russia, Altai
Russia, Siberia ???
Russia, Kamchatka ???
Tien Shan + Pamirs
Himalayas ??? ??? ??? ???
Tibet and surrounds
Tropics
South America
New Zealand
1700 1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000
Maximum Decrease Minimum
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