Greenland: a Laboratory for the Symptoms of Global Warming (45 Photos)


    As the sea levels around the globe rise, researchers affiliated with the National Science Foundation and other organizations are studying the phenomena of melting glaciers and the long-term ramifications. Rapid warming at the summit of the Greenland ice sheet has caused year after year of record melting at the surface, raising concern, even as recent research indicates the ice sheet has endured warmer periods. The warmer temperatures that have had an effect on the glaciers in Greenland also have altered the ways in which the local populace farm, fish, hunt and even travel across land. Getty Images photojournalist Joe Raedle traveled north recently, spending two weeks documenting the scientists tracking Greenland's transformation, as well as some of the spectacular scenery and residents engaged in their daily lives.


    The village of Ilulissat is seen near the icebergs that broke off from the Jakobshavn Glacier, on July 24, 2013 in Ilulissat, Greenland. Researchers affiliated with the National Science Foundation and other organizations are studying the phenomena of melting glaciers and its long-term ramifications. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    The village of Ilulissat is seen near the icebergs that broke off from the Jakobshavn Glacier, on July 24, 2013 in Ilulissat, Greenland. Researchers affiliated with the National Science Foundation and other organizations are studying the phenomena of melting glaciers and its long-term ramifications. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    A caribou walks in the foreground of a glacier, on July 12, 2013 in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    A caribou walks in the foreground of a glacier, on July 12, 2013 in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    Professor David Noone from the University of Colorado uses a snow pit to study the layers of ice in the glacier at Summit Station, on July 11, 2013 on the Glacial Ice Sheet, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    Professor David Noone from the University of Colorado uses a snow pit to study the layers of ice in the glacier at Summit Station, on July 11, 2013 on the Glacial Ice Sheet, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    Water stands on part of the glacial ice sheet that covers about 80 percent of Greenland, on July 17, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    Water stands on part of the glacial ice sheet that covers about 80 percent of Greenland, on July 17, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    A boat is seen seen among the icebergs that broke off from the Jakobshavn Glacier as the sun reaches its lowest point of the day on July 23, 2013 in Ilulissat, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    A boat is seen seen among the icebergs that broke off from the Jakobshavn Glacier as the sun reaches its lowest point of the day on July 23, 2013 in Ilulissat, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    Water is seen on part of the glacial ice sheet that covers about 80 percent of the country is seen on July 17, 2013 on the Glacial Ice Sheet, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    Water is seen on part of the glacial ice sheet that covers about 80 percent of the country is seen on July 17, 2013 on the Glacial Ice Sheet, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    A caribou skull is seen near a glacier on July 11, 2013 in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    A caribou skull is seen near a glacier on July 11, 2013 in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    Jason Briner, with the University of Buffalo Department of Geology, looks for the right spot to gather samples of granite to research the age of the local glacial retreat, on July 24, 2013 near Ilulissat. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    Jason Briner, with the University of Buffalo Department of Geology, looks for the right spot to gather samples of granite to research the age of the local glacial retreat, on July 24, 2013 near Ilulissat. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    Jason Briner, with the University of Buffalo, uses a hammer and chisel to gather samples of granite to research the age of the local glacial retreat, on July 24, 2013 near Ilulissat. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    Jason Briner, with the University of Buffalo, uses a hammer and chisel to gather samples of granite to research the age of the local glacial retreat, on July 24, 2013 near Ilulissat. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    Flowers in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, photographed on July 14, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    Flowers in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, photographed on July 14, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    Kurt Burnham, President and CEO, High Arctic Institute, holds a Peregrine Falcon chick as he studies the possible effects climate change has on bird populations in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, on July 10, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    Kurt Burnham, President and CEO, High Arctic Institute, holds a Peregrine Falcon chick as he studies the possible effects climate change has on bird populations in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, on July 10, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    A full moon, over an iceberg from the Jakobshavn Glacier, on July 23, 2013 near Ilulissat. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    A full moon, over an iceberg from the Jakobshavn Glacier, on July 23, 2013 near Ilulissat. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    Water flows across the surface of the glacial ice sheet, photographed on July 17, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    Water flows across the surface of the glacial ice sheet, photographed on July 17, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    Scientist Ian Joughin of the University of Washington leaps over a small meltwater stream as he walks with Graduate Student, Laura Stevens, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as they conduct research on July 16, 2013 on the Glacial Ice Sheet, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    Scientist Ian Joughin of the University of Washington leaps over a small meltwater stream as he walks with Graduate Student, Laura Stevens, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as they conduct research on July 16, 2013 on the Glacial Ice Sheet, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    A happy face is seen near the tents where researchers live at Summit Station on July 11, 2013 on the Glacial Ice Sheet, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    A happy face is seen near the tents where researchers live at Summit Station on July 11, 2013 on the Glacial Ice Sheet, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    Sandra Cronauer, with the University of Buffalo, Department of Geology, looks for marks on the surface of the rocks to indicate the direction of the glacial movement when it was covered by ice on July 24, 2013 in Ilulissat, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    Sandra Cronauer, with the University of Buffalo, Department of Geology, looks for marks on the surface of the rocks to indicate the direction of the glacial movement when it was covered by ice on July 24, 2013 in Ilulissat, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    Air bubbles are seen in a puddle of surface melt in the glacial ice sheet that covers about 80 percent of the country on July 15, 2013 on the Glacial Ice Sheet, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    Air bubbles are seen in a puddle of surface melt in the glacial ice sheet that covers about 80 percent of the country on July 15, 2013 on the Glacial Ice Sheet, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    A tent, near the worksite of scientists Sarah Das from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Ian Joughin of the University of Washington along with their team, as they conduct research on July 15, 2013 on the glacial ice sheet. The scientists set up Global Positioning System sensors to closely monitor the evolution of the surface lakes and the motion of the surrounding ice sheet and have uncovered a plumbing system for the ice sheet, where meltwater can penetrate thick, cold ice and accelerate some of the large-scale summer movements of the ice sheet. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    A tent, near the worksite of scientists Sarah Das from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Ian Joughin of the University of Washington along with their team, as they conduct research on July 15, 2013 on the glacial ice sheet. The scientists set up Global Positioning System sensors to closely monitor the evolution of the surface lakes and the motion of the surrounding ice sheet and have uncovered a plumbing system for the ice sheet, where meltwater can penetrate thick, cold ice and accelerate some of the large-scale summer movements of the ice sheet. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    Kelly Deuerling, a Ph.D. candidate and NSF Graduate Research Fellow at the University of Florida, looks out onto a glacier as she takes part in a study to analyze the water chemistry coming out of the glacial environment and using that to understand how the melt is effecting the sea waters on July 10, 2013 in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    Kelly Deuerling, a Ph.D. candidate and NSF Graduate Research Fellow at the University of Florida, looks out onto a glacier as she takes part in a study to analyze the water chemistry coming out of the glacial environment and using that to understand how the melt is effecting the sea waters on July 10, 2013 in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    Ice crystals on the surface of the glacial ice sheet, photographed on July 17, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    Ice crystals on the surface of the glacial ice sheet, photographed on July 17, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    Meltwater stands on the surface of the glacial ice sheet, on July 17, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    Meltwater stands on the surface of the glacial ice sheet, on July 17, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    Sarah Das from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution looks at a canyon created by a meltwater stream on July 16, 2013 on the glacial ice sheet. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    Sarah Das from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution looks at a canyon created by a meltwater stream on July 16, 2013 on the glacial ice sheet. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    Laura Stevens, graduate student from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, walks past a meltwater lake on July 16, 2013. She along with a group of scientists closely monitor the evolution of the surface lakes and the motion of the surrounding ice sheet. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    Laura Stevens, graduate student from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, walks past a meltwater lake on July 16, 2013. She along with a group of scientists closely monitor the evolution of the surface lakes and the motion of the surrounding ice sheet. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    On the day of their wedding, Ottilie Olsen and Adam Olsen (left) pose for a picture in Qeqertaq, Greenland, on July 20, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    On the day of their wedding, Ottilie Olsen and Adam Olsen (left) pose for a picture in Qeqertaq, Greenland, on July 20, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    Icebergs, viewed through a kitchen window in Qeqertaq, Greenland, on July 20, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    Icebergs, viewed through a kitchen window in Qeqertaq, Greenland, on July 20, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    A person walks through the village of Qeqertaq, Greenland, on July 20, 2013. As Greenlanders adapt to the changing climate and go on with their lives, researchers from the National Science Foundation and other organizations are studying the phenomena of the melting glaciers and its long-term ramifications for the rest of the world. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    A person walks through the village of Qeqertaq, Greenland, on July 20, 2013. As Greenlanders adapt to the changing climate and go on with their lives, researchers from the National Science Foundation and other organizations are studying the phenomena of the melting glaciers and its long-term ramifications for the rest of the world. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    Inuk Lange attends the wedding party of his granddaughter Ottilie in Qeqertaq, on July 20, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    Inuk Lange attends the wedding party of his granddaughter Ottilie in Qeqertaq, on July 20, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    Newlyweds, Adam Olsen and Ottilie Olsen kiss as they stand on chairs in a hall in Qeqertaq, on July 20, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    Newlyweds, Adam Olsen and Ottilie Olsen kiss as they stand on chairs in a hall in Qeqertaq, on July 20, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    Ottilie Olsen prepares to throw a bouquet of flowers in a hall in Qeqertaq, on July 20, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    Ottilie Olsen prepares to throw a bouquet of flowers in a hall in Qeqertaq, on July 20, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    The Olsen wedding party enjoys music and dance in Qeqertaq, on July 20, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    The Olsen wedding party enjoys music and dance in Qeqertaq, on July 20, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    Fireworks are launched during the Olsen wedding party in Qeqertaq, on July 20, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    Fireworks are launched during the Olsen wedding party in Qeqertaq, on July 20, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    A glacier near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, photographed on July 13, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    A glacier near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, photographed on July 13, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    An iceberg floats through the water near Ilulissat, Greenland, on July 21, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    An iceberg floats through the water near Ilulissat, Greenland, on July 21, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    The front side of a glacier near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, on July 10, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    The front side of a glacier near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, on July 10, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    A sled dog rests near houses, with icebergs in the background from Jakobshavn Glacier, in Ilulissat, on July 17, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    A sled dog rests near houses, with icebergs in the background from Jakobshavn Glacier, in Ilulissat, on July 17, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    A hunter carries his rifle as he heads to his boat in Ilulissat, on July 19, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    A hunter carries his rifle as he heads to his boat in Ilulissat, on July 19, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    Youngsters rollerblade on an Ilulissat street in Greenland, on July 18, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    Youngsters rollerblade on an Ilulissat street in Greenland, on July 18, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    Fisherman, Inunnguaq Petersen, waits for fish to catch on the line he put out near icebergs that broke off from the Jakobshavn Glacier on July 23, 2013 in Ilulissat, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    Fisherman, Inunnguaq Petersen, waits for fish to catch on the line he put out near icebergs that broke off from the Jakobshavn Glacier on July 23, 2013 in Ilulissat, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    The surface of the glacier is seen on July 10, 2013 in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    The surface of the glacier is seen on July 10, 2013 in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    Knud Sakaessen jumps off onto an iceberg that broke off from the Jakobshavn Glacier as he takes some of the ice for use at home on July 21, 2013 in Ilulissat, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    Knud Sakaessen jumps off onto an iceberg that broke off from the Jakobshavn Glacier as he takes some of the ice for use at home on July 21, 2013 in Ilulissat, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    Ellen E. Martin, (L) Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Florida, crosses in front of a glacier as she works with her team to analyze the water chemistry coming out of the glacial environment and using that to understand how the melt is effecting the sea waters on July 10, 2013 in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    Ellen E. Martin, (L) Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Florida, crosses in front of a glacier as she works with her team to analyze the water chemistry coming out of the glacial environment and using that to understand how the melt is effecting the sea waters on July 10, 2013 in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    Part of the glacial ice sheet that covers about 80 percent of the country is seen on July 17, 2013 on the Glacial Ice Sheet, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    Part of the glacial ice sheet that covers about 80 percent of the country is seen on July 17, 2013 on the Glacial Ice Sheet, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    People watch as local soccer teams play on July 18, 2013 in Ilulissat, Greenland. As Greenlanders adapt to the changing climate and go on with their lives, researchers from the National Science Foundation and other organizations are studying the phenomena of the melting glaciers and its long-term ramifications for the rest of the world. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    People watch as local soccer teams play on July 18, 2013 in Ilulissat, Greenland. As Greenlanders adapt to the changing climate and go on with their lives, researchers from the National Science Foundation and other organizations are studying the phenomena of the melting glaciers and its long-term ramifications for the rest of the world. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    A glacier is seen on July 13, 2013 in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    A glacier is seen on July 13, 2013 in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




    The village of Ilulissat, near icebergs from Jakobshavn Glacier, on July 24, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


    The village of Ilulissat, near icebergs from Jakobshavn Glacier, on July 24, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


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Greenland: a Laboratory for the Symptoms of Global Warming (45 Photos)


As the sea levels around the globe rise, researchers affiliated with the National Science Foundation and other organizations are studying the phenomena of melting glaciers and the long-term ramifications. Rapid warming at the summit of the Greenland ice sheet has caused year after year of record melting at the surface, raising concern, even as recent research indicates the ice sheet has endured warmer periods. The warmer temperatures that have had an effect on the glaciers in Greenland also have altered the ways in which the local populace farm, fish, hunt and even travel across land. Getty Images photojournalist Joe Raedle traveled north recently, spending two weeks documenting the scientists tracking Greenland's transformation, as well as some of the spectacular scenery and residents engaged in their daily lives.


The village of Ilulissat is seen near the icebergs that broke off from the Jakobshavn Glacier, on July 24, 2013 in Ilulissat, Greenland. Researchers affiliated with the National Science Foundation and other organizations are studying the phenomena of melting glaciers and its long-term ramifications. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


The village of Ilulissat is seen near the icebergs that broke off from the Jakobshavn Glacier, on July 24, 2013 in Ilulissat, Greenland. Researchers affiliated with the National Science Foundation and other organizations are studying the phenomena of melting glaciers and its long-term ramifications. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




A caribou walks in the foreground of a glacier, on July 12, 2013 in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


A caribou walks in the foreground of a glacier, on July 12, 2013 in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




Professor David Noone from the University of Colorado uses a snow pit to study the layers of ice in the glacier at Summit Station, on July 11, 2013 on the Glacial Ice Sheet, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


Professor David Noone from the University of Colorado uses a snow pit to study the layers of ice in the glacier at Summit Station, on July 11, 2013 on the Glacial Ice Sheet, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




Water stands on part of the glacial ice sheet that covers about 80 percent of Greenland, on July 17, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


Water stands on part of the glacial ice sheet that covers about 80 percent of Greenland, on July 17, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




A boat is seen seen among the icebergs that broke off from the Jakobshavn Glacier as the sun reaches its lowest point of the day on July 23, 2013 in Ilulissat, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


A boat is seen seen among the icebergs that broke off from the Jakobshavn Glacier as the sun reaches its lowest point of the day on July 23, 2013 in Ilulissat, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




Water is seen on part of the glacial ice sheet that covers about 80 percent of the country is seen on July 17, 2013 on the Glacial Ice Sheet, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


Water is seen on part of the glacial ice sheet that covers about 80 percent of the country is seen on July 17, 2013 on the Glacial Ice Sheet, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




A caribou skull is seen near a glacier on July 11, 2013 in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


A caribou skull is seen near a glacier on July 11, 2013 in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




Jason Briner, with the University of Buffalo Department of Geology, looks for the right spot to gather samples of granite to research the age of the local glacial retreat, on July 24, 2013 near Ilulissat. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


Jason Briner, with the University of Buffalo Department of Geology, looks for the right spot to gather samples of granite to research the age of the local glacial retreat, on July 24, 2013 near Ilulissat. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




Jason Briner, with the University of Buffalo, uses a hammer and chisel to gather samples of granite to research the age of the local glacial retreat, on July 24, 2013 near Ilulissat. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


Jason Briner, with the University of Buffalo, uses a hammer and chisel to gather samples of granite to research the age of the local glacial retreat, on July 24, 2013 near Ilulissat. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




Flowers in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, photographed on July 14, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


Flowers in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, photographed on July 14, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




Kurt Burnham, President and CEO, High Arctic Institute, holds a Peregrine Falcon chick as he studies the possible effects climate change has on bird populations in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, on July 10, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


Kurt Burnham, President and CEO, High Arctic Institute, holds a Peregrine Falcon chick as he studies the possible effects climate change has on bird populations in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, on July 10, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




A full moon, over an iceberg from the Jakobshavn Glacier, on July 23, 2013 near Ilulissat. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


A full moon, over an iceberg from the Jakobshavn Glacier, on July 23, 2013 near Ilulissat. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




Water flows across the surface of the glacial ice sheet, photographed on July 17, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


Water flows across the surface of the glacial ice sheet, photographed on July 17, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




Scientist Ian Joughin of the University of Washington leaps over a small meltwater stream as he walks with Graduate Student, Laura Stevens, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as they conduct research on July 16, 2013 on the Glacial Ice Sheet, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


Scientist Ian Joughin of the University of Washington leaps over a small meltwater stream as he walks with Graduate Student, Laura Stevens, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as they conduct research on July 16, 2013 on the Glacial Ice Sheet, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




A happy face is seen near the tents where researchers live at Summit Station on July 11, 2013 on the Glacial Ice Sheet, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


A happy face is seen near the tents where researchers live at Summit Station on July 11, 2013 on the Glacial Ice Sheet, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




Sandra Cronauer, with the University of Buffalo, Department of Geology, looks for marks on the surface of the rocks to indicate the direction of the glacial movement when it was covered by ice on July 24, 2013 in Ilulissat, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


Sandra Cronauer, with the University of Buffalo, Department of Geology, looks for marks on the surface of the rocks to indicate the direction of the glacial movement when it was covered by ice on July 24, 2013 in Ilulissat, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




Air bubbles are seen in a puddle of surface melt in the glacial ice sheet that covers about 80 percent of the country on July 15, 2013 on the Glacial Ice Sheet, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


Air bubbles are seen in a puddle of surface melt in the glacial ice sheet that covers about 80 percent of the country on July 15, 2013 on the Glacial Ice Sheet, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




A tent, near the worksite of scientists Sarah Das from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Ian Joughin of the University of Washington along with their team, as they conduct research on July 15, 2013 on the glacial ice sheet. The scientists set up Global Positioning System sensors to closely monitor the evolution of the surface lakes and the motion of the surrounding ice sheet and have uncovered a plumbing system for the ice sheet, where meltwater can penetrate thick, cold ice and accelerate some of the large-scale summer movements of the ice sheet. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


A tent, near the worksite of scientists Sarah Das from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Ian Joughin of the University of Washington along with their team, as they conduct research on July 15, 2013 on the glacial ice sheet. The scientists set up Global Positioning System sensors to closely monitor the evolution of the surface lakes and the motion of the surrounding ice sheet and have uncovered a plumbing system for the ice sheet, where meltwater can penetrate thick, cold ice and accelerate some of the large-scale summer movements of the ice sheet. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




Kelly Deuerling, a Ph.D. candidate and NSF Graduate Research Fellow at the University of Florida, looks out onto a glacier as she takes part in a study to analyze the water chemistry coming out of the glacial environment and using that to understand how the melt is effecting the sea waters on July 10, 2013 in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


Kelly Deuerling, a Ph.D. candidate and NSF Graduate Research Fellow at the University of Florida, looks out onto a glacier as she takes part in a study to analyze the water chemistry coming out of the glacial environment and using that to understand how the melt is effecting the sea waters on July 10, 2013 in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




Ice crystals on the surface of the glacial ice sheet, photographed on July 17, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


Ice crystals on the surface of the glacial ice sheet, photographed on July 17, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




Meltwater stands on the surface of the glacial ice sheet, on July 17, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


Meltwater stands on the surface of the glacial ice sheet, on July 17, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




Sarah Das from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution looks at a canyon created by a meltwater stream on July 16, 2013 on the glacial ice sheet. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


Sarah Das from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution looks at a canyon created by a meltwater stream on July 16, 2013 on the glacial ice sheet. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




Laura Stevens, graduate student from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, walks past a meltwater lake on July 16, 2013. She along with a group of scientists closely monitor the evolution of the surface lakes and the motion of the surrounding ice sheet. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


Laura Stevens, graduate student from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, walks past a meltwater lake on July 16, 2013. She along with a group of scientists closely monitor the evolution of the surface lakes and the motion of the surrounding ice sheet. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




On the day of their wedding, Ottilie Olsen and Adam Olsen (left) pose for a picture in Qeqertaq, Greenland, on July 20, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


On the day of their wedding, Ottilie Olsen and Adam Olsen (left) pose for a picture in Qeqertaq, Greenland, on July 20, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




Icebergs, viewed through a kitchen window in Qeqertaq, Greenland, on July 20, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


Icebergs, viewed through a kitchen window in Qeqertaq, Greenland, on July 20, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




A person walks through the village of Qeqertaq, Greenland, on July 20, 2013. As Greenlanders adapt to the changing climate and go on with their lives, researchers from the National Science Foundation and other organizations are studying the phenomena of the melting glaciers and its long-term ramifications for the rest of the world. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


A person walks through the village of Qeqertaq, Greenland, on July 20, 2013. As Greenlanders adapt to the changing climate and go on with their lives, researchers from the National Science Foundation and other organizations are studying the phenomena of the melting glaciers and its long-term ramifications for the rest of the world. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




Inuk Lange attends the wedding party of his granddaughter Ottilie in Qeqertaq, on July 20, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


Inuk Lange attends the wedding party of his granddaughter Ottilie in Qeqertaq, on July 20, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




Newlyweds, Adam Olsen and Ottilie Olsen kiss as they stand on chairs in a hall in Qeqertaq, on July 20, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


Newlyweds, Adam Olsen and Ottilie Olsen kiss as they stand on chairs in a hall in Qeqertaq, on July 20, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




Ottilie Olsen prepares to throw a bouquet of flowers in a hall in Qeqertaq, on July 20, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


Ottilie Olsen prepares to throw a bouquet of flowers in a hall in Qeqertaq, on July 20, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




The Olsen wedding party enjoys music and dance in Qeqertaq, on July 20, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


The Olsen wedding party enjoys music and dance in Qeqertaq, on July 20, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




Fireworks are launched during the Olsen wedding party in Qeqertaq, on July 20, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


Fireworks are launched during the Olsen wedding party in Qeqertaq, on July 20, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




A glacier near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, photographed on July 13, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


A glacier near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, photographed on July 13, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




An iceberg floats through the water near Ilulissat, Greenland, on July 21, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


An iceberg floats through the water near Ilulissat, Greenland, on July 21, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




The front side of a glacier near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, on July 10, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


The front side of a glacier near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, on July 10, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




A sled dog rests near houses, with icebergs in the background from Jakobshavn Glacier, in Ilulissat, on July 17, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


A sled dog rests near houses, with icebergs in the background from Jakobshavn Glacier, in Ilulissat, on July 17, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




A hunter carries his rifle as he heads to his boat in Ilulissat, on July 19, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


A hunter carries his rifle as he heads to his boat in Ilulissat, on July 19, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




Youngsters rollerblade on an Ilulissat street in Greenland, on July 18, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


Youngsters rollerblade on an Ilulissat street in Greenland, on July 18, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




Fisherman, Inunnguaq Petersen, waits for fish to catch on the line he put out near icebergs that broke off from the Jakobshavn Glacier on July 23, 2013 in Ilulissat, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


Fisherman, Inunnguaq Petersen, waits for fish to catch on the line he put out near icebergs that broke off from the Jakobshavn Glacier on July 23, 2013 in Ilulissat, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




The surface of the glacier is seen on July 10, 2013 in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


The surface of the glacier is seen on July 10, 2013 in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




Knud Sakaessen jumps off onto an iceberg that broke off from the Jakobshavn Glacier as he takes some of the ice for use at home on July 21, 2013 in Ilulissat, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


Knud Sakaessen jumps off onto an iceberg that broke off from the Jakobshavn Glacier as he takes some of the ice for use at home on July 21, 2013 in Ilulissat, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




Ellen E. Martin, (L) Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Florida, crosses in front of a glacier as she works with her team to analyze the water chemistry coming out of the glacial environment and using that to understand how the melt is effecting the sea waters on July 10, 2013 in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


Ellen E. Martin, (L) Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Florida, crosses in front of a glacier as she works with her team to analyze the water chemistry coming out of the glacial environment and using that to understand how the melt is effecting the sea waters on July 10, 2013 in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




Part of the glacial ice sheet that covers about 80 percent of the country is seen on July 17, 2013 on the Glacial Ice Sheet, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


Part of the glacial ice sheet that covers about 80 percent of the country is seen on July 17, 2013 on the Glacial Ice Sheet, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




People watch as local soccer teams play on July 18, 2013 in Ilulissat, Greenland. As Greenlanders adapt to the changing climate and go on with their lives, researchers from the National Science Foundation and other organizations are studying the phenomena of the melting glaciers and its long-term ramifications for the rest of the world. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


People watch as local soccer teams play on July 18, 2013 in Ilulissat, Greenland. As Greenlanders adapt to the changing climate and go on with their lives, researchers from the National Science Foundation and other organizations are studying the phenomena of the melting glaciers and its long-term ramifications for the rest of the world. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




A glacier is seen on July 13, 2013 in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


A glacier is seen on July 13, 2013 in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)




The village of Ilulissat, near icebergs from Jakobshavn Glacier, on July 24, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


The village of Ilulissat, near icebergs from Jakobshavn Glacier, on July 24, 2013. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via The Atlantic)


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