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484 viewsThe sun sets and moon rises behind icebergs and sea ice.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney
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Greenland449 viewsSea ice concentration map from the NSIDC Sea Ice Index.
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445 viewsA large iceberg sits still in the evening light.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney
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440 viewsView from the twin otter out onto the ice sheet: Jakobshavn glacier can be seen by the flow lines in this photo. Jakobshavn is Greenland's largest outlet glacier and the fastest moving glacier in the world.
Photo by John Maurer, CIRES/NSIDC, University of Colorado.
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430 viewsWe land in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. The people standing in this photo are the other civilians (scientists and journalists) who were on the flight with me.

Photo by John Maurer, CIRES/NSIDC, University of Colorado.
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427 viewsA wind-polished iceberg is frozen into the sea ice.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney
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401 viewsShari looks out the window as we near Qaanaaq.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney.
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396 viewsLarge crevasses in the ice near Jakobshavn glacier, viewed from the twin otter.
Photo by John Maurer, CIRES/NSIDC, University of Colorado.
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395 viewsLarge patterns in the ice near Jakobshavn glacier, viewed from the twin otter.
Photo by John Maurer, CIRES/NSIDC, University of Colorado.
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386 viewsPhoto by John Maurer, CIRES/NSIDC, University of Colorado.
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368 viewsAn iceberg is frozen into sea ice near the Greenland coast..
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney
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360 viewsIcebergs lie ahead of the dogsled team.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney
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