Greenland Travel News

The Maldives, a string of islands in the Indian Ocean, and Greenland's biggest glacier, Ilulissat, are polar opposites in terms of location and terrain, but the two places do share some common ground: Both locales are among the hardest hit by global warming, CBS correspondent Mark Phillips reported.

Fast-melting ice from Greenland and Antarctica will lead to a much sharper rise in sea levels than previously estimated, touching off flooding that will radically alter U.S. East Coast cities from Miami to Baltimore, according to a new study.

So it's Friday morning, and I'm driving down the Lake Hermitage Road when my mind quickly connects this spot 30 miles south of New Orleans to Ilulissat in Greenland, Alexander Island in Antarctica and the Louisiana Congressional delegation.

Sip ice beer with your musk ox tartare. Sheep roam near Viking ruins, such as the 14th century Hvalsey Church, where a wedding in 1408 provided the last written record of the Vikings in Greenland.

My taxi driver is telling me about his meal last night. His name is William. He ate whale.

Boaters Encounter Sharks, Giant Waves, Gale Force Winds, and Icebergs on World Record-Breaking 76-day Journey to Raise Funds for Fallen Hero Foundations Iceberg Ralph and Robert Brown passing an iceberg during their trans-Atlantic voyage.

A reporter for Time magazine wrote not long ago: What matters is not that change is happening but that it is happening so fast.

NPR - Sitting in a Kayak, waiting for the narwhal to blow. And then to stick a spear in it.

Traveling to report a story on narwhals meant taking three planes and a helicopter to a small, remote town in Greenland that's only about 850 miles from the North Pole.

Many scientists and governments are talking about what will happen once climate change begins to occur, but on the great island of Greenland global warming isn't just a future problem - it's happening now.

It's predatory on other marine life like fish and seals, according to Wikpedia .

It's predatory on other marine life like fish and seals, according to Wikpedia .

Greenland is the world's largest island, and 81 percent is covered by ice. There are 56,000 people Swho live on this island, with its surface area measuring 2,175,000 square kilometers.

President Nicolas Sarkozy of France collapsed while jogging Sunday afternoon and was rushed to a military hospital for tests.

Wooden Box, Eastern Greenland, Angmassalik, Inuit people. Ca. 1890. Wood, bone, 5 x 11 x 4 in.

Adrian Hayes hopes to finish his kite-ski trek today. Courtesy Greenland Quest After 66 days and a 4,090km trek across some of the most hostile terrain in the world, the explorer Adrian Hayes is today due to complete his record quest to conquer the length of Greenland by wind power.

As of Tuesday afternoon, this Facebook group had attracted just under 1,900 members.

On Tuesday, Denmark said negotiations on a new global climate deal were going "too slowly" and that the process needed to speed up in order to be prepared for the crucial UN summit less than six months away.

Around 30 environment ministers and delegates from the world's biggest polluters are set to meet in the Danish territory of Greenland today ahead of the larger UN climate summit in Copenhagen at the end of 2009.

GREENLAND, which has 58,000 people and only two traffic lights, has began to secure its independent place in the world.