Looking Under Jakobshavn

A peek under the ice reveals a Grand Canyon-sized channel under the Jakobshavn glacier—one reason why the Greenland glacier contributes more to sea level rise than any other single feature in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Map by Robert Simmon, using data from the Bristol Glaciology Centre and the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published November 10, 2011
Data acquired 1997 - 2006

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Aircraft Sensors