The ice sheet in Greenland melted more last year than it has done for more than 50 years, according to US government scientists. Read the full story
Posted on 13 July 2011.
The ice sheet in Greenland melted more last year than it has done for more than 50 years, according to US government scientists. Read the full story
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Posted on 03 July 2011.
A slab of ice the size of Bermuda, which broke off a Greenland glacier in August last year, is making headway towards Canada. Read the full story
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Posted on 20 June 2011.
President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson of Iceland is currently in Alaska to give a speech at the opening of an international conference. The conference is on the importance of careful planning for the future shipping lanes slowly being created by melting Arctic ice. Read the full story
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Posted on 26 March 2011.
Police in Helsinki are investigating whether a building manager and service company can be charged with involuntary manslaughter after a pensioner was killed when ice fell on him from a roof. Read the full story
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Posted on 01 March 2011.
A hardy couple are preparing themselves to brave temperatures of -30°C when they kite surf across the Greenland ice cap later this year. Read the full story
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Posted on 05 February 2011.
Some glaciers in Greenland melt slower in warm summers than in cool ones, according to a new study. Read the full story
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Posted on 04 October 2010.
A recovery team in Greenland is attempting to evacuate and repatriate three servicemen who are thought to have been entombed in a glacier since their plane crashed in WWII. The Coastguard has commissioned a private squad in an attempt to find and finally remove the J2F-4 Grumman Duck biplane from the ice. Read the full story
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Posted on 09 August 2010.
Fresh from crossing Iceland alone on foot earlier this summer, Belgian adventurer Louis Philippe Loncke now says he wants to try it again in January or February. Read the full story
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Posted on 22 July 2010.
A huge chunk of ice measuring seven-square kilometres has broken off a glacier in Greenland, prompting fears that the block will drift into Canadian waters and disrupt shipping. The Jakobshavn Isbrae glacier moved a mile inland in just one day, with all the action caught on monitored satellites by NASA-funded researchers. Read the full story
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Posted on 25 April 2010.
The Arctic ice cap recovered slightly over the past winter, despite some of the worst melting on record. Read the full story
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