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Clouds over peaks in Uummannaq, Greenland Uummannaq is home to 1400 people and 3000 dogs. This district boasts the largest number of Glaciers found in the one place.

By Lawrence Hislop

Dogsled team at dusk, Uummannaq Greenland Halibut is the most vital source of income in recent times and is fished year-round from holes in the ice, reached by traditional dog-sled.

By Lawrence Hislop

Dusk over peak The heart-shaped rock overlooking Uummannaq is what gave the town it's name. The word literally means ''the heart-shaped''. Here, there is relative darkness for 9 months of the year.

By Lawrence Hislop

Foggy peak in Uummannaq, Greenland The Arctic is a highly sensitive region that is being profoundly affected by the changing climate. Temperatures in this region are rising twice as fast at they are anywhere else in the world. Sea ice covers parts of ...

By Lawrence Hislop

Afternoon sun over Uummannaq A small field of glaciers surrounds Baffin Bay, which lies West of Greenland's Uummannaq Island. The Bay, which is usually not navigable due to 80% winter coverage of thick ice and icebergs, is sometimes covered by ice s...

By Lawrence Hislop

Icebergs in Uummannaq, Greenland A study by <a href= http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/earth20110308.html>NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory</a> in 2010 put Greenland and Antarctic Ice sheets as the dominant contributors to sea level rise, ahead o...

By Lawrence Hislop

Icebergs in Uummannaq, Greenland Glaciers in West Greenland are melting faster at the point where ice meets the sea than above the surface <a href='http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-050'>(NASA)</a> This suggests that under-sea melting c...

By Lawrence Hislop

View over the Store Glacier The glacier drains about 4% of the ice sheet, dumping tens of cubic km of fresh water in the North Atlantic. This gives it significant influence not just on global sea level rise but on the system of ocean circulation w...

By Lawrence Hislop

Small bug

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Small bug

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Small bug

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Wetlands and reeds

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Wetlands and reeds

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Large spider

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Flora

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Wetlands

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Fish market Tuna fishing is a fundamental part of the economy and Seychelles is home to the Indian Ocean Tuna (IOT) factory, one of the largest tuna canning plants in the world. Tuna make an annual migration right through the midd...

By Lawrence Hislop

Fish market It so happens that Tuna make an annual migration right through the Seychelles, making it ideally placed for Tuna fishing. The Indian Ocean Tuna (IOT) factory, one of the largest tuna canning plants in the world, is house...

By Lawrence Hislop

Litter at the docks, Seychelles The term marine pollution relates to a range of threats to the marine environment including from land-based sources, oil spills, sewage, invasive species, marine litter, overfishing, destruction of coastal habitats, heav...

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Litter at the docks, Seychelles Increased tourism and expansion of the human population in the Seychelles has led to over-harvesting and exploitation of the natural resources resulting in destruction of habitats for local marine environment.

By Lawrence Hislop

Fishing vessels at port In the Seychelles the fishing industry is thriving, especially Tuna fishing. Commercial fishing is now at a point where it is as strong an industry in the region as tourism.

By Lawrence Hislop

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