Greenland /
Surface Surveys
Glacial surface / summer meltwater hydrology
During summer, meltwater forms supraglacial lakes and drainage channels.
Water drains through crevasses and moulins, refreezes, or flows toward the ice margin. The aerial photographs record this transient hydrologic network.
The largest ice sheet outside Antarctica, covering 1.7 million square kilometers and reaching more than three kilometers thick. The ice holds a layered archive of past atmospheres, snowfall, volcanic events, and climate shifts. At its western edge, the Ilulissat Icefjord — a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2004 — is fed by Sermeq Kujalleq, one of the world's fastest-moving glaciers.
GreenlandPHOTOGRAPHY2015, 2017
During summer, meltwater forms supraglacial lakes and drainage channels. Water drains through crevasses and moulins, refreezes, or flows toward the ice margin. The aerial photographs record this transient hydrologic network.
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