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Glacial Revelation - As the collossal ice mass of the Russel Glacier recedes in the geologic blink of an eye, a beautiful landscape with lakes, meadows, and mountains is revealed. White on Ice - A crack in the otherwise featureless Greenland ice sheet near Jakobshavn stretches towards the horizon.Raven's Cliff - Long shadows are cast from the Søndre Strømfjord outpost dormitories onto the base of Raven's Cliff.Hut on the Fjord - The hut overlooking the fjord near Kangerlussuaq suggests a peaceful solitude on an intrinsically beautiful and dynamic land that is rarely visited.
Glacial Flow - Glacial flow near Jakobshavn appears as a river of moving ice on an ice-sheet.Arctic Landscape - An earth-tone palette composes the arid landscape of the arctic highlands.Ship in the Fjord - A container ship bringing supplies to the natives of Greenland is dwarfed by the immense landscape of Søndre Strømfjord.Frigid Fissures - Resembling the cracked skin of age, these fissures in the Greenland ice sheet reveal bright blue ice that has been concealed for aeons.
Sugarloaf - The diffuse grays of an overcast Greenland morning create a monotone landscape surrounding Mount Keglen.Greenland Solitude - This hut near Søndre Strømfjord is bathed in the seemingly eternal sunset of the arctic latitudes. It belongs to a scientific outpost used to study electromagnetic phenomena such as the aurora borealis.Greenland Serenity - The serenity of a smooth glacial lake at dawn in an otherwise jagged arctic landscape.Glacial River of Ice - Glacial flow near Jakobshavn appears as a river of moving ice on an ice-sheet.
Glacial Lake - The arctic highlands near Kangerlussuaq are perforated with lakes of various sizes and shapes that were left behind by receding glaciers.Path of Least Resistance - The Greenland ice sheet circumvents mountains on its way to the western coast of the great island.Calving Front - The Jakobshavn glacier calves ice bergs larger than buses at an astounding rate, draining the Greenland Ice Sheet faster than any other outlet.The Lifeline - Supplies are brought to Greenland by way of container ship at the small, makeshift port near Kangerlussuaq. From here, they are distributed to the outlying villages of the coast.