Ice-choked

Disko Bay

September 15th 2016
"People are not fond of thinking. Only reluctantly do we bother ourselves with what is hard to understand. Perhaps that’s why we know only so little about the beginnings of the sky, the earth, and of most animals. Perhaps or perhaps not. For most difficult of all is to understand how we ourselves came, and where we go on the day we no longer live. Over all beginning and ending, there is dar ... read more

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The world's largest island, Greenland is about 81% ice-capped. Vikings reached the island in the 10th century from Iceland; Danish colonization began in the 18th century and Greenland was made an integral part of Denmark in 1953. It joined the Europe... ... read more

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10th October 2016

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Tara Cloud

An icy green(land) adventure!
Ice, two miles thick and a glacier moving 20 meters a day--rather as mind blowing as licorice ice cream! I visited fiords in Alaska and Patagonia that were so chocked with icebergs that they were no longer navigable--in both, global warming was causing additional calving to take place. Good for Lisa for portraying traditional life! I love dog sleds, but I wonder if sadly, the Inuit use more snow mobiles these days?

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