Photographer’s Note
The Tâterât Glacier is fed directly from the Sukkertoppen (Sugar Loaf) ice pack which is an extension of the central ice cap.
Greenland’s ice cap contains 2.85 million cubic km of ice, in places over 3 km thick, 1/8th of the global total ice mass. The weight of the ice has depressed the center of Greenland so that if the ice were to melt, Greenland would appear as a ring of mountains surrounding a new sea and the global sea level would rise by 6 to 7 meters.
The ice of Greenland has been accumulating for 3 million years. Drilling cores in the ice reveals the history of ancient climates and changes in the earth’s atmosphere.
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jemaflor
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(39305) 2005-11-29 14:40
Hi Peter,
Impressive shot, well framed and well seen the scale with this boat ... i like Greenland landscape ! TFS.
benkrut
(3395) 2005-11-29 14:47
Brrr - looking at this photo made me cold.
Nice, interesting picture with three layers: mountain, ice and water.
Well framed.
Rgrds
HS
gilou530
(35156) 2005-11-29 15:45
hi peter
very good framing with this boat, great color green of water
thank
gilbert
amstel
(2274) 2005-11-29 16:50
Wow! Magnificent shot! Just perfect! Great three parts of the picture. Beautiful place and colours as well!
Cheers Peter!
claudiaf
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(4404) 2005-11-29 17:08 [Comment]
Tue
(25608) 2005-12-11 16:40
Hej Peter,
Beautiful picture of the impressive glacier. The mountain in the background looks also great. Nice lighting, very good work!
Hilsner,
Lars
Photo Information
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Copyright: Peter Jennings (Geo)
(1239)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2005-09-09
- Categories: Daily Life, Nature
- Camera: Canon PowerShot S500
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Travelogue: Greenland and Wild Labrador
- Date Submitted: 2005-11-29 14:35
