20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Retreating Edge of the Greenland Ice Cap, Point 660

20 years ago, the ice cap that covers 80 percent of Greenland also covered the steep moraine on the left. The ice has since retreated inland. In midsummer (July 2022), a swiftly flowing stream filled by meltwater from the ice cap divided the ice cap edge from the melting permafrost of the moraine.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2022
Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: Kangerlussuaq, Greenland
Copyright: © Helen Glazer