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Melting Greenland’s Icebergs and Ice Islands by the Ocean
The BBC keeps asking good and penetrating questions about the fate of Greenland’s many icebergs in general and Petermann Glacier’s Ice Island in particular. A poor telephone connection across the...
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Ice Island Flotilla From Petermann Glacier Continue Southward Flow
More icebergs and ice island from Greenland are heading south along northern North-America this year. Petermann Glacier’s first piece arrived last year off Newfoundland causing a local tourist...
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Greenland’s Glaciers, Science, Sea-Level, and Teachers
Science Magazine hit climate change hard today. They cover how Greenland’s glaciers and ice sheets change as they interact with the ocean and contribute to sea-level rise feature in 3 related stories....
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Oceanography and Icebergs in Baffin Bay: LCDR Edward “Iceberg” Smith
In 1928 Edward H. “Iceberg” Smith took the 125 feet long Coast Guard Cutter “Marion” on an 8,100 mile journey from Boston, MA to New York City, NY via Disko Bay, Greenland. Along the way he defined...
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The Turbulence of Van Gogh and the Labrador Shelf Current
Vincent Van Gogh painted his most turbulent images when insane. The Labrador Current resembles Van Gogh’s paintings when it becomes unstable. There is no reason that mental and geophysical instability...
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Fram Strait Ice, Oil, and Glaciers
Tomorrow I fly to Germany to prepare for an ocean experiment in the shallow waters off northern Greenland. Together with oceanographers from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Germany, I hope to...
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Icebergs, Islands, and Instruments off Isle de France, North-East Greenland
Leaving all land behind when FS Polarstern sailed for Greenland almost 2 weeks ago, we saw land again for a few hours last Sunday. A small ice-capped island called Isle de France was ahead of us. Solid...
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Coastal Oceanography off North-East Greenland
Greenland is melting, but it is not entire clear why. Yes, air temperatures continue to increase, but what does it matter, if those temperatures are below freezing most of the time. What if the ocean...
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Thule, Greenland in Sharp Focus
I want to fly like an eagle To the sea Fly like an eagle Let my spirit carry me Steve Miller Band, 1976 The eagle “sees” the ground, because the twinkling sensation of light tickles her nerves. Today’s...
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North Greenland Sea Ice: Wolstenholme Fjord and Thule Air Base
Greenland hunters, seals, and polar bears all need sea ice atop a frozen ocean to eat, breath, or live. The sea ice around northern Greenland changes rapidly by becoming thinner, more mobile, and less...
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