Greenland News

“He's gone but he's not forgotten. Christopher left a legacy and a big hole. He did have a good life, a full life and a happy life. That's all a parent can ask for. I know that he's at peace and with Jesus.”

Former Porthleven schoolboy died in freak rock fall Christopher Polden, who died in a devastating rock fall in Greenland. via Falmouth Packet

GET AWAY: As global warming shrinks Greenland's glaciers, the country has become a "see it before it disappears" destination. via Crain's Chicago Business

“Starting up this route again will require some marketing dollars and some imagination, a proper schedule and the right type of aircraft”

"They should have done more to hire local agents who know the market" After losing millions of dollars last summer, Air Greenland has pulled the plug on its non-stop jet service to North America. via Nunatsiaq News

In Greenland , locals hunt reindeer for food and use dog sleds to traverse the ice sheet. via Bloomberg

“The large iceberg in the distance was there when I arrived”

Capturing the beauty and volatility of the northernmost areas of the world, artist Marcia Clark exhibits her paintings from Svalbard and Greenland. via Norway

The trek will be the longest unsupported polar expedition in history Two men hope to set a new world record by embarking on the longest unsupported polar expedition in history to raise cash for a breast cancer ... via BBC

“We are very pleased to establish a new relationship with Royal Arctic Line by building these highly specialized vessels.”

Aker Yards has been awarded a contract by Royal Arctic Line A/S in Nuuk to build two ice-going container ships for arctic operation. via The Norway Post

An iceberg melts in Kulusuk, Greenland, near the Arctic Circle. The more I write about global warming , the more I realize I share some things in common with the doubters and deniers who populate the ... via Salon

This wonderful website providing great information regarding the as yet unsettled research around justifying too much global warming policy; though continuing to develop green technology by cleaning our air, ... via Parkway Blog

“We have to make people think that it's unfashionable just as we have with smoking. We need a similar campaign to convince people that this is wrong”

Being a vain man, your humble Devil does love to be praised but, more even than that, he just loves being fucking right . via The Devil's Kitchen

“If there is considerable headwind, 40 to 50 knots, the airplane runs out of fuel faster. Also if ice accumulates on the airplane, it becomes heavier and uses much of the extra fuel needed for landing.”

The pilot, who was British and not American as earlier reported, is assumed dead. via Iceland Review

“I've lobbied, talked to people, put forward all the blatantly obvious reasons why an air link between the two jurisdictions is necessary and crucial”

"Joe Blow on the street from Nunavut should be able to take an affordable flight to Greenland and make some friends there" ARTHUR JOHNSON When Kenn Harper became Denmark's honorary consul for Nunavut in 2006, ... via Nunatsiaq News

“By reprocessing old data contained in these old photographs and records, we have been able to construct a long-term record of the behavior of the [Jakobshavn Isbrae] glacier”

New research on Greenland glaciers suggests that sea level rise will be twice as high the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimate of 18 to 58 cm by 2100. via Mother Jones

“This was the first time that the data from the '40s could be reused in a coherent way.”

A comprehensive new study authored by University at Buffalo scientists and their colleagues for the first time documents in detail the dynamics of parts of Greenland's ice sheet, important data that have long ... via EurekAlert!

“Everything in the so-called past is in the present”

In deep winter when the sun barely sneaks above the horizon and all is dark, gloomy and gray, Alaska appears stark and colorless. via Homer News

“In this case, it's an early omen of solar storms that will gradually increase over the next few years.”

It seems that we are going to experince increased geomagnetic activity for the next 11 years, which could provide us with some stunning aurora Borealis in the northern hemisphere and in areas where those ... via NowPublic

“The government views the information that has been put on the table seriously”

Denmark would ask US authorities for information if the CIA violated Danish airspace or used an airport in Greenland for renditions of alleged terrorist suspects, Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said ... via Earth Times

Greenland's airports are believed to have unwittingly refuelled airplanes involved in the CIA's secret war on terrorism A secret CIA programme that is believed to have transported suspected terrorists to ... via Copenhagen Post

“The ice is up to 50cm thick. We've had loads of northerly winds since Christmas which has made the area misera bly cold.”

Ice returns as Greenland temps plummet Greenland A brutal cold snap has been raging across the semi-autonomous nation of Greenland. via The Great Red Comet

“Clarity ranges from transparent to translucent”

Investors in True North Gems were treated to a rare gift this Christmas past when the company reported the discovery of a new sapphire prospect complete with a 139 carat blue sapphire on its Beluga sapphire ... via Huliq.com