Greenland Ice Sheet

Making our way to our campsite. My husband, David, drags a sled. The Greenland ice sheet, covers 1, 710, 000 square kilometres, or roughly 80% of the surface of Greenland.

Russell Glacier is a glacier in the Qeqqata municipality in central-western Greenland. It flows from the Greenland ice sheet in the western direction. The front of the glacier is located 25 km (16 mi) east of Kangerlussuaq. It is active, advancing 25 m (82 ft) every year. The ice sheet outflow ending in Russell Glacier is bounded from the north by the tundra highland of Isunngua and from the south by an exposed, barren, flattened ridge of Akuliarusiarsuk. Several meltwater outflow streams from the base of the glacier form the Akuliarusiarsuup Kuua river, which flows west-south-west towards Kangerlussuaq. The sandur basin of the outflow river forms the valley and is shallow enough to form quicksand fields several kilometers long

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Teen D-R-A-M-A! - throwback short I did: Freefall Pilot
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