Swirling Ice in Coastal Waters off Eastern Greenland
Nature provides us with art that is always changing in time and space. Delicate swirls and vortices give a rare glimpse of how the ocean’s surface looked today off eastern Greenland. The data originate...
View ArticleMelting Greenland’s Icebergs and Ice Islands by the Ocean
The BBC keeps asking good and penetrating questions about the fate of Greenland’s many icebergs in general and Petermann Glacier’s Ice Island in particular. A poor telephone connection across the...
View ArticleIce Island Flotilla From Petermann Glacier Continue Southward Flow
More icebergs and ice island from Greenland are heading south along northern North-America this year. Petermann Glacier’s first piece arrived last year off Newfoundland causing a local tourist...
View ArticleNew Ocean Observations in Petermann Fjord
A new ice island separated from Petermann Glacier on July 16, 2012 as reported here first. Less than 4 weeks later, the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Henry Larsen reconnoitered the ice island on Aug.-9...
View ArticleArctic Sea Ice Cover and Extreme Weather Explained
Addendum Sept.-24, 2012: A New Climate State, Arctic Sea Ice 2012 (video by Peter Sinclair). I just discovered an outstanding interview that Dr. Jennifer Francis of Rutgers University gave to a...
View ArticleThe Turbulence of Van Gogh and the Labrador Shelf Current
Vincent Van Gogh painted his most turbulent images when insane. The Labrador Current resembles Van Gogh’s paintings when it becomes unstable. There is no reason that mental and geophysical instability...
View ArticleTravels by Mind to the Glaciers and Oceans off North-East Greenland
Our minds travel easier than the body. My eyes have never seen East Greenland, but I moved across its white glaciers, turquoise streams, green valleys, and black oceans many times. Reading expedition...
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