Data acquired September 28, 1987
720 x 480
JPEG

Data acquired September 28, 1987
4390 x 2907
810 KB - JPEG

Data acquired September 30, 2017
720 x 480
JPEG

Data acquired September 30, 2017
4390 x 2907
956 KB - JPEG

Decline of Two Glaciers in Northwest Greenland

The Tracy and Heilprin Glaciers may not be Greenland’s largest, but they are retreating fast.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Decline of Two Glaciers in Northwest Greenland.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published April 8, 2018
Data acquired September 28, 1987 - September 30, 2017