"Located on the west coast of Greenland, 250 km north of the Arctic
Circle, Greenland’s Ilulissat Icefjord (40,240 ha) is the sea mouth of
Sermeq Kujalleq, one of the few glaciers through which the Greenland ice
cap reaches the sea. Sermeq Kujalleq is one of the fastest (19 m per
day) and most active glaciers in the world. It annually calves over 35
km3 of ice, i.e. 10% of the production of all Greenland calf ice and
more than any other glacier outside Antarctica. Studied for over 250
years, it has helped to develop our understanding of climate change and
icecap glaciology. The combination of a huge ice-sheet and the dramatic
sounds of a fast-moving glacial ice-stream calving into a fjord covered
by icebergs makes for a dramatic and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon." -http://whc.unesco.org
Ilulissat in the winter time!
Thank you so much Anita of Austria for this awesome postcard from Greenland!
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