Location of study site. (A) Map of the Canadian High Arctic and northwest Greenland with ice cover in white. Teardrop Glacier, Sverdrup Pass, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, is indicated by a red arrow. (B) Oblique aerial view (from the north) of Teardrop Glacier, July 2009. Light-toned perimeter (white arrows) marks the trimline at the limit of the LIA advance. Subglacial samples were collected between the Xs (red) within 10 m of glacial margin.