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Sep24

Ilulissat Icefjord

Ilulissat_Icefjord

There are so many incredible photos… it is very difficult to choose…. This is Ilulissat Icefjord which is located 250 km north of the Arctic Circle and is the biggest natural attraction in Greenland. Owing to gigantic icebergs, the glacier flows at a rate of 20-35 m per day, resulting in around 20 billion tones of icebergs. In 2004 was admitted onto UNESCO’s World Heritage List. It has been the object of scientific attention for 250 years and is today at the centre of the huge international focus on global warming thanks to extensive media coverage.
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Aug24

Baffin Island

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Baffin Island is the eastern Canadian Arctic, lying between Greenland and the Canadian mainland. Covering 507, 451 sq km, it is the largest island in North America and the fifth largest in the world. It was named after the British explorer William Baffin but the overwhelmingly Inuit population know it as Qikiqtaaluk. Photo by: mattalatta
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Jun10

Extraordinary Images Of Earth

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This is the south-western coast of Sri Lanka (26th December 2004). In this picture we can see the ocean rapidly retreats 400 metres,  just 5 minutes prior to the arrival of a devastating tsunami.
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Jan15

36 Hours In Iceland

The Republic of Island is an island country situated in the North Atlantic Ocean between Greenland and mainland Europe. Iceland is the world’s 18th largest island, and Europe’s second largest island following Britain. The climate is sub-polar oceanic and warm, which ensures generally higher annual temperatures than in most places of similar latitude in the world.
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Dec18

Arctic Lands

Arctic region between Greenland and eastern Canada can be define as a staggering scenery with rich history and abundant wildwife. In this picture tourists sail through the Ilulissat Icefjord, which is the most active glacier.
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Mar10

The white night of Sankt Petersburg

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Sankt Petersburg is located on the delta of the Neva River and the southern edge of Greenland, the bank of Finiiskian gulf. He is most north from the large cities on the planet. The nature of the city is unusual and mysterious, the winter is crude in the spring as well and for the summer- Quixotic. The city center is a Unesco World Heritage Site. Russia’s political and cultural center for 200 years, the city is impressive. It in 1703 year Peter I resolves to frame a capital of Russia that will be amazing on the whole world. This is the “St. Peter and St. Pavel” cathedral to gilded Angel in the flower that is 122 м. Framed up on a swamp near a river, Peter great call – The new city Sankt Petersburg.

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Jan08

The largest island on the world.

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Greenland is the largest island in the world. Owing to its situation in the north, where the Atlantic meets the Arctic Ocean, cold ocean currents principally surround Greenland, so the coasts are constantly being cooled. This, together with the radiation of cold from the inland ice gives Greenland its Arctic climate.
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