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Traditional dog sled, Greenland Fishing and hunting has been the primary industry for local Inuit residents for over 4500 years. The South Coast of the island has a number of small coves which provide suitable protection for fishing nets in the wi...

By Lawrence Hislop

Boats in the ice in Uummannaq, Greenland The vital fishing industry in Greenland is powered by a fleet of around 5850 boats of all shapes and sizes. Greenland is restricted by various legislative initiatives to ensure the sustainable use of their natural resour...

By Lawrence Hislop

Fishing boats in the harbour in Lofoten, Norway When the boats in Lofoten are frozen in the harbour, the locals take to the ice on traditional dog sleds to fish from holes in the ice.

By Lawrence Hislop

Leading edge of the Store Glacier, Greenland Store Glacier is 5.5 km wide at its front and is ranked 2nd or 3rd in iceberg discharge for west Greenland at 13.2 – 17.5 km3 year. Store Glacier is one of a number of remarkably stable Greenland ice sheet outlets amongs...

By Lawrence Hislop

Ice canyon in the Store Glacier According to available imagery dating back to 1964, Store Glacier has not significantly changed its front position in recent history. In Greenland as a whole, between 2000-2008 there has been 920 square kilometers of are...

By Lawrence Hislop

Detail of glacial ice According to available imagery dating back to 1964, Store Glacier has not significantly changed its front position in recent history. In Greenland as a whole, between 2000-2008 there has been 920 square kilometers of are...

By Lawrence Hislop

Aerial view of the Store Glacier in North West Greenland Store Gletscher, 5.5 km wide at its front, is ranked 2nd or 3rd in iceberg discharge for west Greenland at 13.2 – 17.5 km3 year. Store Glacier is one of a number of remarkably stable Greenland ice sheet outlets, having n...

By Lawrence Hislop

Uummannaq village The word Uummannaq means 'heart-shaped' and is the name of one of the most Northerly towns in Greenland which lies around 590km North of the Arctic Circle. It is so named due to the heart-shaped rocky mountain which over...

By Lawrence Hislop

Dogs sleds in Uummannaq Village Uummannaq, situated on the west coast of Greenland, has been inhabited for over 4500 years by Inuits from the American Continent whose traditional hunting and fishing practices are the foundation of the industry here. Tr...

By Lawrence Hislop

Uummannaq village The Uummannaq district encapsulates 11 ice-sheet outlet glaciers (streams of ice from the ice cap to the sea) which terminate at the Sea. These 11 glaciers empty into a fjord system that is joined to Baffin Bay by a chan...

By Lawrence Hislop

Boats in Port, Uumannaq, Greenland Uummannaq is 700km North of the Arctic Circle, just North of Disko Island, Greenland. It experiences three months of the famous Midnight Sun - between May and August. The major industries (fishing and seal hunting) rely ...

By Lawrence Hislop

Icebergs 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.

By Lawrence Hislop

Dogsled team at dusk Ancient Inuit culture is alive and well and is the foundation of the fishing industry on the island of Uummannaq. Greenland Halibut is the most vital source of income and is fished year-round from holes in the ice, reach...

By Lawrence Hislop

Icebergs 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. Once in the water, icebe...

By Lawrence Hislop

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

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