Greenland as seen by the STS-66 shuttle
Atlantis. This north-looking view of southwestern Greenland was taken in
November, 1994, and shows numerous indentations, many of which contain small
settlements. These fjords were carved by the glaciers of the last ice age
10,000 years ago. Even today, the ice in the center of Greenland is nearly
3,500 meters thick and great rivers of ice continuously flow down toward the
sea, where they melt or break off as icebergs. Some Icebergs exceed the size
of small islands, weigh several million tons, and rise several hundred feet
above the sea surface. Cape Farewell is visible toward the bottom right of
the view. Julianehab Bay and the Bredev fjord can be seen toward the center
of the photograph. Godthab, the main settlement on Greenland, is barely
visible to the north of the Frederikeshabs Icefield near the left center of
the view.
Global View of the Arctic Ocean during Winter, representation by NASA
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