Study Sheds Light on How Heat is Transported to Greenland Glaciers (IMAGE)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Study Sheds Light on How Heat is Transported to Greenland Glaciers

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Using a tiny boat and a helicopter, the research team returned to Greenland in March 2010, to do the first-ever winter survey of Sermilik Fjord at the base of Helheim Glacier. During the trip, they were able to launch probes closer to the glacier than ever before -- about 2.5 miles away from the glacier’s edge.

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Fiamma Straneo, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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