A sumptuous tour of various locations in Greenland by Swedish nature photographer Stefan Forster. Of the great ice sheet, currently melting at its fastest rate in 350 years, he sez:

Today quiet and untouched places are becoming more and more rare. On my first visit to Greenland, I was fascinated by the incredible power of nature that can be felt everywhere. But during the last years things have changed. The amount of icebergs is increasing savagely. Glaciers I’m visiting every year are retreating not meters but kilometers a year and the amount of ice seems to be endless. There is nothing more beautiful than an iceberg — everyone is unique and the light reflecting from its surface is magical. It’s sad how close beauty and decay can be seen in an iceberg.

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5 thoughts on “Ice Land

  1. George Lazenby

    They pick ‘350 years’ as that was the coldest point in the last 1000 years. Greenland was in fact warmer 800 years ago.
    Theres sooo much bull thrown around in regards climate science, and anyone who even *dares* to question it is called a mentalist

    1. Pat

      Icebergs are fragments that break off the ice sheet. Global warming makes em break off no? So more = bad.
      I am not a scientist

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