Without Svend’s generosity, this trip would not have been possible, THANKS SVEND!!
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Also see my Greenland Report and my Greenland Ice Extent updates
and read up on Greenland ice mass balance and tenacity here and here.
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18 April 2008: Welcome to Iceland's north and north-west coast . . .
Pilot decreased altitude for better viewing - cloudless sky - stunning stuff!
Now you know why it is called Iceland!
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Welcome to Greenland - this is the east coast pack-ice with icebergs trapped in a frozen sea.
For detailed weekly updates on Greenland’s ice extent visit www.dmi.dk
then click on the most recently dated link under the heading "Ugekort, farve (pdf)"
Ice as far as the eye can see - all-in-all some 2.9 million cubic kilometres of ice!!
As I said, ice as far as the eye can see: the first picture after the pack-ice above was taken at 11h14
The picture directly above was taken at 12h32 . . . . 78 minutes at 680kmh . . . .
Ice as far as the eye can see!
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On the way to the ice cap - a frozen lake with a glacier in the background
and this is already mid-April with daytime temps just around zero °C - colder than "usual".
Close-up of another glacier with a frozen river in front of it.
The very edge of the ice cap - awe inspiring.
On top of the ice cap itself, glistening in the Spring sunshine, temp was around minus 5°C
Typical scene, apparently, small lakes of melt water re-frozen within the solid ice.
And now a word from our sponsors - if only I had some . . . .
No oil money yet, no gas money yet, no coal money yet, not even bio-fuel money!
All from my own pocket for the good of stopping the man-made madness of the man-made
climate change hoax. Someone has to stop the lunacy, so it might as well be me (on the right)!
The Greenlandic Government knows the ice will not disappear in any hurry . . .
A barrier is being constructed to stop the ice advancing . . . (a new viewing platform, actually!).
Another view of the ice cap - giving a hint of its gigantic size: some 2.9 million cubic km (=2.9mGt)
Annual snow adds about 600Gt of ice, whilst melting and iceberg calving loses about the same amount.
The harbour close to Kangerlussuaq . . . . out of action during the 8-9 month winter
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Welcome to the Sondrestrom Incoherent Scatter Radar Facility,
dedicated to the studies of the polar ionosphere and upper atmosphere . . . .
Some of the interesting scientific information researched here, check the website for more.
And make sure to watch this REAL TIME solar wind buffeting our planet - awseome. (4.5 MB)
As well as REAL TIME Aurora Borealis shooting across the Arctic - amazing. (6.7 MB)
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