Images related to Greenland’s Lesser-Known Glaciers

Northwest Greenland Canyons
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Northwest Greenland Canyons

Acquired March 29, 2011, this photograph shows canyons along the coast of northwestern Greenland.

Published May 1, 2011

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Malaspina on the Move
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Malaspina on the Move

More than 30 years of ice velocity data are helping scientists tease out how mountain glaciers respond to climate change.

Published Sep 11, 2019

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Kong Oscar Glacier, Greenland
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Kong Oscar Glacier, Greenland

The heavily crevassed terminus of Kong Oscar Glacier in northwestern Greenland crumbles into a mélange of icebergs in the Davis Strait.

Published Aug 25, 2010

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An Old Bird on the Greenland Ice
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An Old Bird on the Greenland Ice

A World War II era airplane has become a visual waypoint for researchers flying on the IceBridge polar mapping missions.

Published Jun 1, 2014

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Fast-Flowing Glaciers Thin Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets
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Fast-Flowing Glaciers Thin Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets

To understand how fast-moving glaciers are changing the ice sheets, scientists devised a method to map elevation change using data from ICESat.

Published Oct 3, 2009

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New Insight from Old Snapshots of Greenland
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New Insight from Old Snapshots of Greenland

Historic photographs show glacial retreat since the early 1900s.

Published Dec 16, 2014

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Chutes and Fissures in Greenland
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Chutes and Fissures in Greenland

Openings amid the Greenland Ice Sheet show that it’s a long way down.

Published May 12, 2015

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Petermann Glacier, Greenland
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Petermann Glacier, Greenland

On Greenland, tens of thousands of years of snowfall have settled and solidified into a massive sheet of ice. Each summer, snow retreats briefly at low elevations, and a narrow strip of rocky coastline emerges. While some seasonal thawing is typical on Greenland, more dramatic changes are probably in store for the Greenland Ice Sheet in coming decades and centuries.

Published Aug 30, 2007

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Greenland Ice Sheet
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Greenland Ice Sheet

Although 2005 overall saw a new record, the extent of June melting in 2005 was unexceptional. The same held true for 2006, when this picture was taken.

Published Jun 30, 2006

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