ILULISSAT ISFJORD, GREENLAND
June 7, 2007
The Ilulissat Glacier. This glacier, which drains ten percent of the entire Greenland subcontinent, discharges more ice into the global ocean than any other glacier in the Northern Hemisphere. During the past ten years, its flow rate has doubled, apparently in response to warming temperatures and more meltwater lubrication at its base. It now sends 11 cubic miles of ice out to sea. According to local lore, the iceberg that sank the Titanic came from this glacier.
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