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Posted: 18 Oct 2020

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Inlandeis

Inlandeis
The easiest place to see the Greenland iceshield is on an excursion from Kangerlussuaq along an increasingly rough 35km long gravel road. Kangerlussuaq itself lies at the end of a 163km long fjord and is Greenland's furthest inland settlement with dry, extreme continenal climate (down to -45°C in winter and up to+25°C in summer).

The ice shield like all arctic ice is melting a record rates:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2020/oct/13/arctic-ice-melting-climate-change-global-warming

Die einfachste Möglichkeit, das grönländische Inlandeis zu sehen, ist eine Exkursion von Kangerlussuaq entlang einer zunehmend holprigen, 35km langen Schotterpiste. Kangerlussuaq selbst liegt am Ende eines 163km langen Fjords und ist damit die am weitesten im Binnenland gelegene Siedlung Grönlands. Es herrscht ein trockenes, extremes Kontinentalklima mit Temperaturen bis zu +25°C im Sommer und bis zu -45°C im Winter.

www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/nordpol-und-suedpol-ist-das-grosse-eis-der-erde-noch-zu-retten-a-a5883865-82b9-48c7-8f33-d08cc1ac06ca
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Petar Bojić, Chrissy, Ruebenkraut, slgwv and 35 other people have particularly liked this photo

44 comments - The latest ones
 Amelia
Amelia club
The link for this photo is excellent, Gudrun. It's a frightening process, and nothing we do seems to stop the relentless climate change in the Arctic.
3 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to Amelia club
Many thanks, Amelia! What frightens most is the fact that even if we stopped all emissions now the heating would go on for decades!
3 years ago.
 ©UdoSm
©UdoSm club
Gewaltig Gudrun. Ich vermute allerdings, das der Teil Deines Bildes im Vordergrund vor nicht all zu langer Zeit auch noch Eis war...
3 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to ©UdoSm club
Herzlichen Dank, Udo! Da dürfest du richtig vermuten, und rechts war unter dem Moränenschutt auch noch Eis.
3 years ago.
 Sami Serola (inactive)
Sami Serola (inactiv… club
Totally impossible to estimate the scale of this! =O

But I guess it is huge =D

Once travelled to USA over Greenland, and it simply looked amazing.
3 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to Sami Serola (inactiv… club
Thanks a lot, Sami! It's huge indeed! And what you see when flying to the USA is just the smaller southern tip of Greenland. Sadly on both the flight in and out there was thick cloud over the ice shield...
3 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Ein gewaltig-schöner Blick ! Die Kälte kriecht förmlich aus dem Photo ! Moin, Gudrun ! Schönen Sonntag !
3 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to Ulrich John club
Danke vielmals, Uli! Ja, da wehte auch ein ziemlich eisiges Lüftchen vom Gletscher:-)
3 years ago.
 Schussentäler
Schussentäler club
Eine faszinierende Landschaft
die Wintertemperaturen, wären nichts für mich.
3 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to Schussentäler club
Schönen Dank, Reinhard! Die -45 sind das Extrem, das zunehmend seltener vorkommt, -30 ist eher normal inzwischen. In Nordskandinavien fällt die Schule übrigens erst ab -40 aus, wenn der Sprit im Schulbus einfriert;-)
3 years ago.
 beapixa
beapixa club
Für den Blick ins unendliche Eis haben sich die 35 km Schotterpiste ja gelohnt.
3 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to beapixa club
Großen Dank, Beate! Es gab auch unterwegs schon viel zu sehen und das Geschüttel fand ich lustig;-)
3 years ago.
 Percy Schramm
Percy Schramm club
Eine sehr gute Darstellung des Klimawandels. Da hat sich der beschwerliche Weg gelohnt.
3 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to Percy Schramm club
Besten Dank, Percy! Ich mag Schotterpisten, aber wer Bandscheibenprobleme hat, hat damit vielleicht ein Problem...
3 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
A beautiful image, Gudrun, but the worldwide rate of glacial melt due to climate change is horrifying. We have to hope that governments (not least mine) come to realise the need for action.
3 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to tiabunna club
Thank you so much, George! I'm afraid there are too many flat earthers in power at the moment:-( The processes that have started will go on for decades even if we hit the brakes now, a frightening thought.
3 years ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
An impressive image, full of amazing detail, especially when viewed large. Very well composed and taken Gudrun.

Combine the photo with the information in the link though............and things look very serious indeed...........when will the powers-that-be across the world wake up to the danger of climate change and actually DO something about it except talk and make empty promises?
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to Keith Burton club
Thanks very much, Keith! Some idiots still talk about it being "weather" and not climate, they just don't get it! Even if they get voted out and something is being done I'm not sure we can stop the heating, at least not for decades.
3 years ago.
 Proxar
Proxar
very beautiful!
3 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to Proxar
Danke, Proxar!
3 years ago.
 Mario Vargas
Mario Vargas club
a wonderful view, surely icy¡¡¡
3 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to Mario Vargas club
Gracias, Mario! It wasn't exactly warm;-)
3 years ago.
 menonfire
menonfire club
Eis was langsam weniger wird, wer weiß was es alles so bedeckt hat!
3 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to menonfire club
Vielen Dank, Maik! Da lauern Bodenschätze, deswegen wollter der Orangene doch Grönland kaufen;-)
3 years ago.
 Esther
Esther club
I think that the winters would be too much for me. I'm amazed that people can thrive there.
3 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to Esther club
Thank you, Esther! -45 is the extreme that is rarely reached these days, -30 are more common, but I agree you cannot stay out long in such temperatures;-)
3 years ago.
 cammino
cammino club
In Island passiert im Moment das Gleiche!
3 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to cammino club
Schönen Dank, cammino! Ja, ich fürchte, in Island wird bis Ende des Jahrhunderts nicht mehr viel übrig sein. Dafür werden die Vulkane aktiver werden... (Grimsvötn steht auf Vorwarnstufe, ein Ausbruch in den nächsten Monaten ist wahrscheinlich)
3 years ago.
 Boarischa Krautmo
Boarischa Krautmo club
super!
3 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to Boarischa Krautmo club
Danke vielmals, bk!
3 years ago.
 polytropos
polytropos club
Unser Inlandeis reicht teilweise (noch) bis ins Ausland. ;-)
Bei diesen Farben hier fragt man sich, wieso die Insel 'Grünland' heisst. ;-)
3 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to polytropos club
Bei eurem Inlandseis wird das nur eine Frage der Zeit sein. Apropos Grünland: die Wikinger kamen nie hierhin, die landeten im deutlich grüneren Süden, wo heute sogar Tomaten in Gewächshäusern wachsen! Damals war außerdem eine Warm-Phase...
3 years ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Fascinating landscape image Gudrun.
Thank you for the info.
3 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to Jaap van 't Veen club
Thank you, Jaap!
3 years ago.
 Rosalyn Hilborne
Rosalyn Hilborne club
A beautiful view but very worrying links Gudrun.
The world needs to act together...but can you imagine that ever happening!
3 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to Rosalyn Hilborne club
Thanks a lot, Rosa! Indeed, they all seem to be kicking the bucket down the road and wait for someone else to take the initiative...
3 years ago.
 Ruesterstaude
Ruesterstaude club
danke für die Info, Gudrun! –
wenn du unten etwas abschneidest, sieht es wie eine Flagge aus: blau-weiß-braun
Schöne Grüße ins Ländle!
3 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to Ruesterstaude club
Besten Dank, Volker! Ja, drei Schichten! Die grönländische Flagge ist rot-weiß mit Sonnenmotiv, wohl angelehnt an die dänischen Farben;-)
3 years ago.
 LotharW
LotharW club
Eine Mischung aus Fotografie und Gemälde! ****
3 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to LotharW club
Herzlichen Dank, Lothar!
3 years ago.
 Peter_Private_Box
Peter_Private_Box club
Hi Gudrun

A very nice picture, which brings the point home..
Everywhere I have been looking for glaciers, they have retreated miles...
Definitely the Earth is getting warmer.. What we can do about it.. No realistic idea!!!!!

I have flown over Greenland many times on my way to / from America, and all I remember of it is miles of snowy wastes.. It is nice to see some real details here!!

Best Wishes, a nice week, and stay safe!!
Peter
3 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to Peter_Private_Box club
Thank you so much, Peter! Sadly we didn't see anything on our flight because of cloud but others have reported vast meltwater lakes in the middle of the ice shield, very alarming indeed!
3 years ago.
 slgwv
slgwv club
Unusual pic, Gudrun! Are plants colonizing the newly exposed ground at all?
3 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to slgwv club
Thanks a lot, Steve! Most of the uncolonized bit is unstable moraine, but over time lichen and mosses will take hold, very much later maybe some berries (ericaceae) and dwarf willow.
3 years ago.

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