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Southern Greenland
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Southern Greenland

An astronaut caught an unlikely glimpse of a wide swath of Greenland, which is often cloud-covered and far from the northernmost orbit of the space station.

Published Sep 5, 2016

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Melting Ice Reveals New Island off Greenland
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Melting Ice Reveals New Island off Greenland

Off the coast of Greenland lies an island resembling a bony claw. Long connected to Greenland’s coast by ice, the island escaped recognition for what it was for nearly a century.

Published Jun 3, 2007

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Uummannaq Island, Greenland
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Uummannaq Island, Greenland

This small island in western Greenland has proven to be an irresistible base for science—and rock climbing—for a team from Aberystwyth University.

Published Dec 21, 2014

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Rock and Ice in Northern Greenland
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Rock and Ice in Northern Greenland

Fjords wind between icy, rocky islands and peninsulas, and connect inland areas to an ice-choked ocean.

Published Aug 3, 2018

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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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Clouds Streets and von Karman Vortices, Greenland Sea
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Clouds Streets and von Karman Vortices, Greenland Sea

Cloud streets and von Karman vortices decorated the skies over the Greenland Sea on February 24, 2009.

Published Feb 26, 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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Greenland’s Leidy Glacier
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Greenland’s Leidy Glacier

Crisscrossing glaciers in northwest Greenland flow along the path of least resistance.

Published Jan 22, 2015

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Petermann Ice Island-A off Newfoundland
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Petermann Ice Island-A off Newfoundland

Acquired August 4, 2011, this natural-color image shows the Petermann Ice Island-A off the northeastern tip of Newfoundland.

Published Aug 5, 2011

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Ice Island off Labrador
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Ice Island off Labrador

A massive ice island is lingering off the coast of Labrador, Canada, after an 11-month journey from the Petermann Glacier in Greenland.

Published Jul 2, 2011

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Bylot Island in Winter and Summer
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Bylot Island in Winter and Summer

Acquired March 9, 2012, and July 22, 2012, these images show stark differences between winter and summer on Canada’s Bylot Island.

Published Nov 30, 2012

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Petermann Ice Island-A in Pieces
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Petermann Ice Island-A in Pieces

Acquired August 22, 2011, this natural-color image shows the Petermann Ice Island-A split in two off the Newfoundland coast.

Published Aug 23, 2011

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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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