Few places are home to as many superlative natural features and contrasts as Greenland, an island 80 percent covered in ice, ...

The southern fjords of Greenland see some vegetation in the summer months ... features are the large icebergs that line its coast. How then, did this icy region become known as Greenland?

(JTA) A picturesque village on the southwestern coast ... first visited Greenland in 1993 as tourists. “I was just blown away by the warmth of the sun,” he said. “Endless summer days.

For the keen traveler, the same vessel provides an opportunity to meet the locals while passing icebergs and taking in breathtaking views of the Greenland coast. The ferry does have a lot in ...

which sits on the southwestern coast of the island, is about 23 degrees (minus-5 Celsius). Computer model analyses showed even more anomalous temperatures in the far-northern part of Greenland ...

In 985 C.E., he sailed deep into a southern Greenland fjord. On a patch of flat coast, Erik established ... Like an ice cube on a sultry summer day, Greenland’s ice sheet is melting, and that ...

The water off the coast of northwest Greenland is a glass-like calm ... have made into the snow to protect it from the heat of the summer.” Scientists take advantage of the abnormal warmth ...

well before the start of the traditional summer season. I no longer need to travel all the way to Denmark or Iceland to get home Tourism in Greenland is expanding rapidly, with three new airport e ...