Qurator's Photo Friday Competition #125 - Returning to Ilulissat
This photo was taken not far from Ilulisat in West Greenland. The time is close to midnight, but because of the midnight sun it was very bright. Ilulissat is located in the Disko Bay, 300 kilometers north of the polar circle in western Greenland. Ilulissat isthe Inuit name for “icebergs”. A suitable name for a town which is surrounded by icebergs. Just outside town one will find Kangia Icefjord , which was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list in 2004. One of the wonders of the world, along with Taj Mahal and the pyramids in Egypt. The glacier that provides all this ice, is the largest glacier on the northern hemisphere. 5 km. wide and 1100 meter thick. It flows an average of 20 meters daily, amounting 20 cubic km. annually or 20 million tons per day – enough to supply New York with water for a year!
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