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Ilulissat, Greenland

Ilulissat, Greenland
Ilulissat, Greenland
Ilulissat, Greenland
Ilulissat, Greenland
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(69°12′16″N, 51°5′37″W)
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Linder, Christopher L.
Ilulissat, Greenland
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07/23/2008
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This evening we rest at the Hotel Hvide Falk (Greenlandic for White Falcon), located on Disko Bay. From our windows we watch local sled dogs chasing sea gulls on the shore. In the bay, fishermen weave their boats around car-sized icebergs. It's an idyllic setting to celebrate our expedition. To toast the end, we dined on shrimp with fried rice and spicy noodles, followed by peach, vanilla and chocolate ice creams. While our expedition has ended, we will post what happens with Sarah's dye if and when it is found. Thank you for following Polar Discovery (and please join us again in spring 2009 for the next expedition). Takuss (that's Greenlandic for see you)!
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Researchers who spent weeks in Greenland camping and working on the ice sheet said a final takuss (Greenlandic for see you) to Disko Bay, located in the coastal town Ilulissat. Photographer Chris Linder documented WHOI scientists Mark Behn and Sarah Das, along with University of Washington researchers, during their stay on the ice sheet. Researchers worked there to learn how Greenland's ice sheet is disappearing. Specifically, they investigated glacial lakes, which form atop the ice sheet each spring and summer as returning sunlight melts ice and snow. As global temperatures rise, more lakes and cracks may form, accelerating the flow of ice to the sea.
Photo by Chris Linder
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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