Ice Islands: Evidence from North Greenland

Contains discussion of eight air photographs (from the Danish Geodetic Institute) of three regions of northern Greenland: (1) Sherard Osborn and Victoria Fjords on the north coast; (2) Kronprins Christians Land and Independence Fjord on northwest coast; and (3) east coast 78 degrees-80 degrees North. The glacial ice shown in some areas is similar in appearance to the Ellesmere Ice Shelf, and it is suggested that in the recent geologic past, the same icecap covered both areas. Land ice has since disappeared leaving a relic fringing the coast which may break away only when sea ice around it moves out. The Ellesmere coast retains more fringing ice than does the North Greenland coast