Ilulissat Icefjord, Greenland. Where Icebergs Are Born
Description
Located on the west coast of Greenland, 150 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Greenland’s Ilulissat Icefjord is the sea mouth of Sermeq Kujalleq, one of the few glaciers through which the Greenland ice cap reaches the sea. Moving at a rate of approximately 60 feet per day, Sermeq Kujalleq is one of the fastest and most active glaciers in the world. It annually calves more than 8 cubic miles of ice—10% of the production of all Greenland calf ice and more than any other glacier outside Antarctica. Studied for over 250 years, it has helped to develop our understanding of climate change and icecap glaciology. The combination of a huge ice sheet and the dramatic sounds of a fast-moving glacial ice-stream calving into a fjord packed with icebergs makes for a dramatic and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon.
Runtime
14 min 48 sec
Series
Subjects
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
Similar Films
River Landforms of the Lower Course
Anthony Island, Canada. Home of the Haida
Steve Backshall's Extreme River Challenge. Episode 2
Australia/New Zealand. WorldQuest
Madagascar to the Seychelles
Geography
Germany. WorldQuest
The Explorers. Five Europeans who redrew the map of the world
Paris, Regal and Intimate
Africa Series. Land of Sun - Africa Extreme
Trier, Germany. The Oldest German City
Yosemite
Historic Center of Macao, China
Cuzco, Peru. City of the Incas, City of the Spanish
Using data-loggers with year 10