Ghost islands of the Arctic: The world’s ‘northern-most island’ isn’t the first to be erased from the map

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Ghost islands of the Arctic: The world’s ‘northern-most island’ isn’t the first to be erased from the map

Source: The Conversation These ‘islands’ are on the move. Martin Nissen   In 2021, an expedition off the icy northern Greenland coast spotted what appeared to be a previously uncharted island. It was small and gravelly, and it was declared a contender for the title of the most northerly known land mass in the world. The […]

Project Tests Method for Monitoring Ice Conditions

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Project Tests Method for Monitoring Ice Conditions

Along Alaska’s southern coast, harbor seals use icebergs from tidewater glaciers as platforms to give birth, nurse, molt and avoid predators. As these glaciers melt and thin, some may retreat onto land and no longer calve into the ocean. Researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute and the National Park Service have successfully […]