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Patagonia revisited

Patagonia revisited

Feature story | 13 February, 2004 at 1:00

The icefields in Patagonia are suffering from the fastest glacial retreat on Earth caused by global warming. Jorge Quinteros who first visited the area during an expedition 50 years ago, joined the Artic Sunrise to witness firsthand the speed of...

Global warning: Arctic glacier breaks up

Global warning: Arctic glacier breaks up

Blog entry by LisaV | 8 August, 2010

Image: A section of the Petermann glacier in Greenland in July 2009 © Greenpeace / Nick Cobbing A massive chunk of ice, over 87 kilometres in size, has broken off the Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland . Scientists are...

Melting Glaciers-John Novis at Mt Everest

Melting Glaciers-John Novis at Mt Everest

Photo essay | 3 June, 2007 at 15:55

Taking a 1968 photograph of the Rongbuk Glacier in Tibet, John Novis joined Greenpeace China on an expedition to take a comparison shot and document the effects of climate change on the area. He tells his story of this very special assignment.

Independent scientists on board the Greenpeace

Independent scientists on board the Greenpeace

Image | 21 July, 2005 at 3:00

Independent scientists on board the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise discovered that a Greenland glacierhas accelerated in the past 17 years, exceeding all expectations, and has now become one of the fastest moving glaciers in the world. These...

Image of the dramatic retreat of the glacier

Image of the dramatic retreat of the glacier

Image | 23 January, 2004 at 1:00

Image of the dramatic retreat of the glacier HPS31 in Patagonia.

View of the front of the Grey Glacier where

View of the front of the Grey Glacier where

Image | 9 January, 2004 at 1:00

View of the front of the Grey Glacier where it 'calves' or falls into the glacial lake. The glaciers of Patagonia are some of the fastest retreating glaciers on Earth.

Melt Water on the Petermann Glacier in Greenland

Melt Water on the Petermann Glacier in Greenland

Image | 12 July, 2009 at 3:00

A lake of melt water on the surface of the Petermann glacier. The surface of the glacier is covered with pools and lakes like this. The melt water exploits the topography of the glacier, occasionally finding routes deeper into the glacier's...

The crack on Petermann Glacier

The crack on Petermann Glacier

Image | 9 July, 2009 at 3:00

Glaciologist Dr Alan Hubbard on Petermann Glacier

Glaciologist Dr Alan Hubbard on Petermann Glacier

Image | 4 July, 2009 at 3:00

Alan Hubbard, a glaciologist from the University ff Wales, Aberystwyth, traveling with the crew of the Greenpeace ship MY Arctic Sunrise, is working on the Petermann glacier at 81 degrees north, a glacier that flows onto the northern Greenlandic...

Polar Explorer Eric Philips on the Peterman Glacierl

Polar Explorer Eric Philips on the Peterman Glacierl

Image | 6 July, 2009 at 3:00

Polar explorer and expert in glacier travel Eric Philips volunteers to rig mooring lines around a solid bollard of ice on the front of the Petermann glacier.

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