Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Crossing Greenland

On our flying dorsum from Geneva, Switzerland, yesterday, the road took us over the southern tip of Greenland, the largest isle on our planet.  It was our start run across amongst that province of ice, stone together with scenic fjords and, for 20 minutes or so, nosotros were mesmerized past times the spectacle, 34,000 feet below.

Sparsely populated past times humans, this Arctic acre is an independent territory of Denmark.  Mountain ranges hold out along its due east together with westward coasts spell a massive H2O ice canvas covers 80% of the island's surface.  Icebergs speckled the fjords every bit nosotros passed over Greenland together with the majesty of its landscape was genuinely inspiring.

Of course, i cannot cite Greenland without invoking the fact that its Arctic ecosystem is threatened past times global warming.  The charge per unit of measurement of melting has sharply increased together with the full loss of Greenland's H2O ice canvas would heighten body of body of water levels past times 24 feet, a disaster for isle together with coastal communities together with ecosystems across the planet.

See also:  Greenland together with Iceland together with The Greenland Ice Sheet

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