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After almost 300 years under Danish rule, the island of Greenland has just taken a big step toward sovereignty. Greenland passed a referendum last year requesting more powers from Copenhagen, and it was granted, taking effect on June 21st, 2009. Denmark still retains control of finances, foreign affairs, and defense, but will phase out an annual subsidy, and give over control of most of the islands natural resources. Additionally, Greenlandic is now the sole official language, and Greenlanders are now treated as a separate people under international law. Although the island is massive - with an area of over 2 million square kilometers (825,000 sq mi), its population is small, with just over 57,000 residents, 88% of Inuit descent and and 12% of European descent. Collected here are some recent photographs from all around Greenland. (34 photos total)

Scientists Jason Box of Ohio State University's Byrd Polar Research Center and polar expedition expert Eric Philips, both members of the Greenpeace Arctic Impacts tour, assisted by experts in ice logistics, set up one of a series of time-lapse cameras surveying the 16km wide Petermann Glacier, in northwest Greenland on July 29, 2009. The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise has arrived in the area, to carry out several weeks scientific research into the impacts of climate change, and to bear witness to the glacier's disintegration. (NICK COBBING/AFP/Getty Images)

Aerial view of the village of Qaarsut, Greenland, in Qaasuitsup municipality on July 20, 2007. (Oiving, original) #

Picture taken on July 3, 2009 of the Greenlandic village of Sarfannquag perched up on a hillside. The 120 inhabitants of the village are waiting to be equipped with wind turbines to reduce their dependence on petroleum-based fuel and free them from their isolation. (Slim ALLAGUI/AFP/Getty Images) #

Icebergs float in the calm waters of a fjord, south of Tasiilaq in eastern Greenland August 4, 2009. (REUTERS/Bob Strong) #

Greenlanders promote a "Yes" vote for the proposal to give the semi-autonomous Danish territory self-rule, in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, on November 25, 2008. (Slim ALLAGUI/AFP/Getty Images) #

Denmark's Queen Margrethe and her husband, Prince Henrik, attend the ceremonies to celebrate the new era of self rule of Greenland, in Nuuk on June 21, 2009. (KELD NAVNTOFT/AFP/Getty Images) #

Denmark's Queen Margrethe presents the official law of self-rule to the Chairman of Greenland's council Josef Motzfeldt in Nuuk, Greenland on Sunday, June 21, 2009. Greenland is celebrating the introduction of self-rule on its national day. (AP Photo/POLFOTO, Jorgen Chemnitz, Sermitsiak) #

People attend ceremonies in Nuuk, Greenland, on Sunday June 21, 2009, to celebrate their national day, and to mark gaining greater powers of self rule from Denmark, in a move that many residents see as a step toward independence from Denmark. (AP Photo/POLFOTO, Jorgen Chemnitz, Sermitsiak) #

Wildflowers bloom on a hill overlooking the Narsarsuaq glacier in southern Greenland on July 25, 2009. (REUTERS/Bob Strong) #

A polar bear walks along the edge of an ice bridge in the Robeson channel, between Greenland and Canada on June 29, 2009. Greenpeace and leading climate scientists are in Greenland for a 3 month expedition using their icebreaking ship the Arctic Sunrise to gather climate change data for the Copenhagen climate summit in December 2009. (REUTERS/Nick Cobbing/Greenpeace) #

The Arctic Sunrise reaches the ice bridge in the Robeson channel, between Greenland and Canada June 29, 2009. (REUTERS/Nick Cobbing/Greenpeace) #

A statue of Viking explorer Leif Erikson overlooks the village of Qassiarsuk on July 30, 2009 where Erikson's father Erik the Red founded his first settlement in southern Greenland around 985 AD. (REUTERS/Bob Strong) #

An iceberg floats near a harbour in the town of Kulusuk, east Greenland August 1, 2009. (REUTERS/Bob Strong) #

Houses are illuminated by the early morning sun in the town of Tasiilaq in eastern Greenland August 4, 2009. (REUTERS/Bob Strong) #

Icebergs are reflected in the waters of Eriks Fjord near the town of Narsarsuaq in southern Greenland on July 26, 2009. (REUTERS/Bob Strong) #

A dirt road leads to the local cemetary outside the town of Tasiilaq, Greenland August 4, 2009. (REUTERS/Bob Strong) #

Picture taken on July 2, 2009 of fisherman Bo Lings and his daughter Julia in the village of Assaqutuaq, western Greenland. (Slim ALLAGUI/AFP/Getty Images) #

Large moulin on the surface of the Greenland ice sheet. Two recent studies of ice sheet motion and melting suggest that surface melting can produce dramatic drainage and seismic shifting on the Greenland Ice Sheet. But, surface melt that eventually lubricates the bottom of the ice sheet and accelerates its slide over bedrock may not be enough, by itself, to cause catastrophic loss of ice sheet mass. This research appeared in the 17 April 2008 issue of Science Express. (Image courtesy of Science) #

A large meltwater stream rushes across the surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet filling a supraglacial lake. (Image courtesy of Sarah Das, WHOI) #

Danish glacier expert Andreas Peter Ahlstroem stands in front of the Ilulissat glacier on July 3. 2009. Greenland's Ilulissat glacier, which has become a symbol of climate change, lost 94 square kilometres (60 square miles) of surface area between 2001 and 2005 due to global warming, according to a US study published last year. In 2004 Ilulissat Icefjord was admitted onto UNESCO's World Heritage List. (Slim ALLAGUI/AFP/Getty Images) #

Detail from a panorama of the town of Upernavik in Greenland from cliffs next to the football field. Taken in evening sun at 11:30 pm on August 5th, 2007. Original here. (Kim Hansen / CC BY-SA) #

Picture taken on July 2, 2009 of a Greenlandic fisherman sorting out his nights catch in Sarfannquak, western Greenland. (Slim ALLAGUI/AFP/Getty Images) #

A fisherman motors by on the Ice Fjord of Ilulissat, Greenland which remains filled with icebergs on July 3, 2009. (Slim ALLAGUI/AFP/Getty Images) #

Icebergs are shrouded in an early morning fog near the south Greenland town of Narsaq July 28, 2009. (REUTERS/Bob Strong) #

View shows the port of Nuuk on July 6, 2009. (Slim ALLAGUI/AFP/Getty Images) #

Icebergs float in a fjord near the south Greenland town of Narsaq on July 28, 2009. (REUTERS/Bob Strong) #

Detail from a panorama of the settlement Aappilattoq, east of Upernavik in Greenland on August 9th, 2007. Original here. (Kim Hansen / CC BY-SA) #

Wildflowers bloom on a hill overlooking a fjord filled with icebergs near the south Greenland town of Narsaq on July 27, 2009. (REUTERS/Bob Strong) #

View from the from top of Somandsfjeldet, a mountain above the town of Tasiilaq, Greenland - the town is visible along the shoreline at center right. (Uwe Pieper / CC BY-SA) #

An ice-filled fjord near Ilulissat in Greenland is seen on July 3, 2009. (Slim ALLAGUI/AFP/Getty Images) #

Aerial photograph of Upernavik, Greenland, taken from a helicopter on July 11th, 2007. (Kim Hansen / CC BY-SA) #

A visitor takes pictures of the Twin Glacier near the south Greenland town of Narsaq on July 28, 2009. (REUTERS/Bob Strong) #

Aerial view of Ilulissat glacier, near Ilulissat, Greenland on July 3. 2009. (Slim ALLAGUI/AFP/Getty Images) #

The sun and the icebergs around Cape York, Greenland in September of 2005. (Mila Zinkova / CC BY-SA) #

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Exactly right #50! Even if "global warming" wasn't the huge scam that it is, I'd bet Greenlanders wouldn't mind being a little warmer - it still looks plenty cold up there.

Posted by brrrrrrrrr! August 8, 09 11:25 AM
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Ce sont de très belles images ...
Quelle lumière sur la numéro 4 !

Posted by vincent August 8, 09 11:40 AM
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by lookig beautyful views and organised peaple i pray all mighty that if u want to born me again in to this wold,please born me like this place but not like pakistan muslim hell.

Posted by anawr August 8, 09 12:11 PM
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I live in Oregon and am so use to seeing trees. Are there any trees there?

Posted by Norma August 8, 09 12:31 PM
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Unfortunately, #50, you are the one that is being unreasonable. There is no debate at all that the planet is warming. The evidence is everywhere. The debate has been over whether the warming is caused by human activity, or is part of a natural cycle. Which brings us to...

Poster #72. Since you are convinced that it is all a giant scam, perhaps you could post some conclusive evidence that the vast majority of researchers from across the scientific spectrum (who don't work for the fossil fuel industry), have somehow all agreed to march in lockstep on a giant conspiracy from which they won't profit at all, and which has no obvious reason for existing. Conjecture and hearsay aren't enough to justify playing Russian roulette with the planet's fate.

Posted by Slipstream August 8, 09 12:57 PM
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#76. Slipstream there is plenty of evidence going against glodbal warming also here are some random things that most people arnt aware of for no one is allowed to speak out against somthing this big: Carbon emisions have virtually no cause on global warming and are infact one of the SMALLEST of the green house gasses, less than 1% and the number of human caused carbon emissions is even smaller. the largest greenhouse gas filling are atmosphere is water vapor and 99% of that comes from the oceans seas and lakes of our world. and while it may be true that the world is going through a warming stage, it is also true that around 30 years ago everyone was worrying about the ICE AGE to come...

Posted by Saxo August 8, 09 01:57 PM
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#76 there certainly is debate. Maybe you should stop drinking the kool-aid and pay attention to reality. Beautiful pictures san the political comments.

Posted by John August 8, 09 01:59 PM
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Amazing pictures! Thank you

Posted by Andy August 8, 09 02:02 PM
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#76: very well put. It's ironic--but also kinda sad--that those convinced that anthropogenic global warming is a farce constantly refer to those who have been convinced through the abundant scientific data that it is indeed real as 'sheep' and 'Kool-Aid drinkers', when they themselves have gotten their far-less-than scientific opinions off of the same right wing talk shows and oil industry websites as all the other Deniers. We can only hope that, at least this once, truth triumphs over narrow-minded and selfish special interests, and that folks realize that the greater good of taking care of the earth far outweighs the 'convenience' of maintaining the petroleum-based status quo.

But I digress: beautiful photos indeed.

Posted by Jim Pettit August 8, 09 02:51 PM
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Truly Awesome, this is a place where you just want to visit....over and over.

Posted by Josephine Hannah Smith August 8, 09 05:44 PM
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Recientes a la vida compleja de la Democracia,pero con un gran aliado para soportar sus riesgos,tienen la fuerza y belleza de lo natural.

Posted by ISABEL DE LAS CASAS August 8, 09 09:42 PM
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I loved scandinavia and am so sorry I missed Greenland....will put this at the top
of my list to go. Beautiful country.

Posted by Barbara Peterson August 8, 09 10:32 PM
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Wonderful pictures

Posted by jabs August 9, 09 01:26 AM
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How wonderful is Greenland, the most beautiful place of the world.

Posted by Anton Bakker August 9, 09 04:07 AM
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I've been to Kulusuk. It's a great place to visit.

Posted by Anonymous August 9, 09 07:32 AM
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Gorgeous! I had no idea that it wasn't an independent country.

Posted by JLSigman August 9, 09 08:40 AM
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What the hell? I thought Greenland was green!

Posted by Johnny B August 9, 09 09:09 AM
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what a charming place,i'd love to visit

Posted by jim August 9, 09 10:14 AM
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28 is beautiful... as always, thanks for sharing.

Posted by Dpat August 9, 09 10:35 AM
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breath taking!

Posted by anonymous August 9, 09 12:30 PM
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The humidity is very low less than 5% so 35 F feels like 65 F. I spent over 6 months at Thule with winter temperatures of - 40 F and winds that sometimes reached 100 mph somewhat chilly but with appropriate artic clothing manageable.
Before I check out, I would like to find out why the Artic hares were at least 25 to 30 lbs. about twice the size of the foxes. The musk Oxen were enormous while living in area almost bare of plants.
I highly recommend a trip of 3 to 4 months to explore Greenland, specially Ultima Thule and Station Nord (The Northern most inhabited location).

Posted by TonyM August 9, 09 02:08 PM
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Being a Dane, I am thrilled Greenland is now on the verge to become a separate country. It has cost the Danish government and the Danes a lot to keep this far away place afloat. I certanly hope the Faeroe Islands will be next.
The pictures are gorgeous though.

Posted by Pingo August 9, 09 04:27 PM
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This is a beautiful country indeed, but they have many problems and it will be a long time until they can become fully independent, the population is 50.000 people, the country is very poor, they have a lot off social problems like, heavy drinking, Cannabis smoking, very high if not the highest suicide rate in the world and a big problem with child abuse as well.
But they are my Neighbors and i care for them, i wish them all the best and they are on the last steps on becoming independent country, the last steps are the hardest.

Posted by saevar August 9, 09 04:56 PM
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Congratulations on your coming into self -government. I hope the United States learns from Denmark that people have an inalienable right to independence. Puerto Rico should be enjoying its path towards its independence, as Greenland will surely enjoy in the near future.
May God keep your people and country in health and prosperity.

Posted by Hamlet Castrodad August 9, 09 09:37 PM
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Great Pictures

Posted by Harshal August 9, 09 10:42 PM
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great pictures

Posted by radha August 10, 09 12:17 AM
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Great and sooo suprise pitctures..
!!!!!

Posted by steve August 10, 09 12:30 AM
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Awesome ................. images

Posted by b-OBBY August 10, 09 01:11 AM
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As someone living in the tropical end of the world..i'm always facinated by Greenland, despite the differences in weather, the issues of resources, energy and sovereignty are almost similar. Thank you for the wonderful pictures revealing the myths of the cold land faraway.

Posted by tahlee August 10, 09 01:29 AM
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rapture... isn't it?

Posted by michael August 10, 09 02:01 AM
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#34 beautiful last photo

Posted by XM August 10, 09 02:20 AM
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Great pictures as always.

Though for the first time I felt that the proper context (location) was not set for the pictures. In cases of pictures of big cities, the reader is aware of the context but for isolated areas such as this it would be great if you could show the google map for the area as the first (or second) photo and possible with geotags for the photos. I know it will take more work but its an idea.

Posted by Atif (India) August 10, 09 04:47 AM
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Great Pictures

Posted by chiru August 10, 09 04:57 AM
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Wow the View makes ourself to reach there..

Posted by Kris August 10, 09 05:04 AM
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Tasiilaq is amazing! Best hotel room view ever:
http://www.photodiary.org/ph_h_4198.shtml

Posted by Julian August 10, 09 05:26 AM
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i love this pictures :-)

Posted by /sms ;-) August 10, 09 06:50 AM
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Tényleg szép, de lakna ott a faszom...

Posted by Zsirparaszt August 10, 09 07:05 AM
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Excellent pictures of the summertime and daylight environment of Greenland. Much of the year it is in gloom and darkness, the brilliant and long days pictured here must be treasured for the light and life they bring to this northerly land.

And cultists please note, a millennium ago Greenland was a much warmer place that supported agriculture not possible in recent centuries.

Posted by Dan August 10, 09 09:37 AM
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espectaculares fotografias, en el fin del mundo... que sobrecogedores paisajes... las imagenes me sirvieron como vía de escape y obtener algo de paz... en esta oficina en pleno centro de santiago de Chile
saludos... felicitaciones... gran portal..

Posted by Marcos August 10, 09 10:24 AM
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wonderfull picture.

People who liked those picture will sure love the picture from my uncle trip to Antarctica.

Here they are:
http://www.lobsang.fr/lobsang/2009/05/11/mes-derniers-voyages/

Posted by Anthony August 10, 09 10:32 AM
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Whole world looks beautiful as long as vegitation, Animals, Birds, Fishes, Insects ,Germs, Virus and even the innocent Human beings are there; the moment the killing cults like Islam and Christianity arrive, they will make a hell of any natural heaven.

Posted by Rahu Ketu August 10, 09 11:21 AM
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Anyone who has been to Greenland knows the "early morning sun" and the "evening sun" last all day as Greenland enters and exits the summer period of 24-hour sunlight.

Posted by Chuck August 10, 09 11:42 AM
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These pictures are amazing. I would love to go there sometime.

Posted by sanjay rawat August 10, 09 12:00 PM
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I lived in Greenland for 3 months in 2006, as an artist-in-residence at Upernavik Museum (photos 21, 27 & 31) so it's great for me to see this amazing and little-known country through such great photographic imagery. Thanks!

Posted by Clare August 10, 09 01:18 PM
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I can only say that Greenland is as beautiful as these wonderful pictures suggest. My wife and I and two friends kayaked for 8 days in the west-central fjords near the town in photo 2, thanks to a trip arranged by Worldwide Paddling Adventures. We stood looking at the millions of ice fragments spilling out from Jakobshaven glacier at midnight on July 3, 2008, exactly one year earlier than photos 23 and 30. Accomodations in the small towns are very comfortable, in the Scandanavian style, and the local people are friendly. Camping and paddling in this stunningly harsh and beautiful place is something we will never forget.

Posted by Kevin K August 10, 09 02:16 PM
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Awesome pics of nature and macankind living simple.....just awesome

South Africa

Posted by blaine August 10, 09 02:36 PM
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Hamlet Castrodad said: "I hope the United States learns from Denmark that people have an inalienable right to independence. Puerto Rico should be enjoying its path towards its independence"

You need to research your topic more fully. The people of Puerto Rico have been voting repeatedly AGAINST independence for forty years. If they don't want it then who are you, I, or anyone else to urge that they should have it?

Simply put, people don't have an inalienable right to independence. They have an inalienable right to SELF-DETERMINATION and the people of Puerto Rico have repeatedly made their feelings on that point clear.

Posted by Matt August 11, 09 01:36 AM
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it is heaven on earth

Posted by ashok ghai August 11, 09 02:51 AM
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hiii
how are you
im from pakistan
and im student i want wist the beautiful GREENLAND
how i can reach? please infome me i will b thankfull to you
and im waiting ur reply thanks

Posted by tanveer ahmed abbasi August 11, 09 06:01 AM
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It's one of finest feast of rarest and beautiful trip i had ever had by my 'Laptop' Airways !
Thanks for choosing me as one of the luckiest travelers !

Pradeep Dixit
India

Posted by Pradeep Dixit August 11, 09 08:21 AM
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Beautiful...great job.. I just love the blog

Posted by Nomad August 11, 09 08:47 AM
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what about global warming?
dont show us the beauty...sing a song to save the planet

Posted by amit rai August 11, 09 09:12 AM
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Great Photos, The world is stiil beautiful..just needed to be preserved.

Posted by Arun Kandel,Nepal August 11, 09 02:06 PM
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What are the cargo containers for in pic#13?

Posted by recycle August 11, 09 02:43 PM
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#126, if Greenland is anything like rural Alaska then the answer to the question "What are the cargo containers for?" is probably "Anything and everything manufactured." The isolated rural arctic is at least seasonally rich in natural resources such a fish, berries, caribou, and minerals ...but there is little to no industrial manufacturing or processing of resources into finished goods. So anything like medical equipment, machine parts, consumer items, and processed food is mainly imported in containers.

Greenland is high on my list of places to visit because I am a glowhound -a mineral collector (rockhound) with a special interest in fluorescent minerals which glow under UV. After Franklin, New Jersey, the ultraviolet reactive minerals of Greenland may be the most spectacular in the world. Check out the photo gallery of specimens at the Coolworldminerals page on Greenland by MinerShop, URL:
http://www.minershop.com/html/greenland_fluorescents.html

Posted by Steven Jacquier August 11, 09 09:15 PM
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wow what a place to be looks like god has himself hand picked the best articles to decorate it , really salute the creator

Posted by Ajay Ahuja August 12, 09 06:32 AM
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soo beautiful. however the name suggests that it must have been a lot greener when Leif Erikson discovered it.

Posted by jivko August 12, 09 06:39 AM
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orj...torrak! absolutely great :) nuann!!!

Posted by salome August 12, 09 12:13 PM
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#113, actually nearly 80% of the population is already Christian, and they aren't killing anyone yet. Maybe you should consider your own bias.

Posted by Mike Klausmeier August 13, 09 12:12 AM
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It's a shame folks can't look at a bunch of pictures and enjoy them for what they are, without interjecting a lot of nonsensical babbling and whining about religion, politics, "global warming" or whatever. If you don't like what the story says, cry to the editor in an email. No one whats to read your little rants.

Beautiful images, btw.

Posted by RaulJones August 13, 09 10:41 AM
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*thinks* So where's the done dummy who says "Shopped!"

These are wonderful. Many thanks. I live in a desert...

Posted by Drifter August 13, 09 12:41 PM
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Beautiful photography of a wonderful spot on our earth. Thank You.

Posted by Scott P. August 13, 09 05:29 PM
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Fantástico, um dia quem sabe ainda irei conhecer este lugar abençoado por DEUS e bonito por natureza!!

CD.´.

Posted by CelsoCascavel August 13, 09 06:57 PM
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Que Espectaculo de Lugar, Maravillosas tomas del paisaje de Groelandia, como decia un amigo en su comentario anterior, lo relajante de las fotos te llevan a un nivel de paz espiritual unico. Bella isla envidio a sus moradores, mucha salud y crecimiento poblacional para ellos.

gracias portal por presentar tan Maravillosa isla de nuestor Planeta.

Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela.

Posted by Wuilliam Castillo August 14, 09 01:06 PM
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Greenland beauty fight. Gigantic struggle for existence
Thanks to the magic images
Budapest, Hungary

Posted by Vilmos Nyúl August 14, 09 06:16 PM
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What an amazing place! I've always wondered why Greenland was considered part of Europe when the population is clearly native North Americans. Maybe i'ts because Europeans drew the map. ;-)

Posted by Vaughn of Washington August 14, 09 08:21 PM
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Great photography - stunning iceberg shots.

Posted by Jim in Canada August 15, 09 07:03 AM
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There is no debate that Global Warming is occuring to those of us in the Earth Sciences. We have been stating for the last 100 years or so that the earth is in an interglacial warming trend and has been for the last 10,000 years. There have been 3 major periods of Continental Glaciation(Tahoe, Tenaya, Tioga) over the last 200,000 years. That means for those who don't know that the Earth gets cold and continental glaciers form (imagine a mile thick slab of ice over New York), and then the world heats up and the ice melts. The Great Lakes region is still rebounding from the last ice age at the rate of 1 inch per year folks! It is normal! and not man caused..

Posted by Gary August 16, 09 03:16 AM
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omg.. I have the same Burton jacket as that guy on the far left in picture 5...

oh yeah, and... ice ice baby

Posted by dj August 16, 09 06:33 AM
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The landscapes are just amazing!

Posted by philip August 17, 09 06:19 AM
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greenland should be asked to be canadian

Posted by dave August 18, 09 09:45 PM
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69: I guess, if by "eco terrorist" you mean most mainstream scientists. It must be nice being conservative with all your easy, corporate-apologist conspiracy theories.

Posted by James S. August 20, 09 12:06 AM
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Posted by Slipstream August 8, 09 12:57 PM

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Conjecture and hearsay aren't enough to justify playing Russian roulette with the planet's fate.
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But that's not the point, the planet will survive and if current life was damaged is being damaged in the process, then it will grow again.

It is US we should be worried about. We may not be able to cope with the differences we are inducing to the planet.

Posted by jêmes August 21, 09 10:04 AM
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splended, beutiful

Posted by ashok ghai August 22, 09 03:11 AM
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hey alan hope youre doing well!

i was wondering if you keep an archive of these pics in high quality. i'd love to take a few and make them wallpapers.

Posted by freshouttatime August 22, 09 11:52 AM
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I spent a year up there, 1950-51 in the Air Force flying a rescue B-17 alternating between BW-1 ( Narsarssuaq) and BW-8 (Sondrestromfjord). There is much more shoreline visible today then there was then so things are certainly getting warmer. The glaciers are receding and the melt lakes up on the cap are larger and more prevalent.

Posted by Don Simpson August 22, 09 03:36 PM
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Climate indeed experienced changes as big as what we are about to see in the future, but not at such a fast rate. And much more important - especially to people who still use the argument of natural variability - , it can now be comprehensivly explained what part of recent climate change is natural and what part is un-natural/anthropogenic. With that knowledge one can split up climate change into different contributors and realize that the recent climate change is to a large part man-made. When studying climate science you actually do the research and find these results. On what, I may ask then, do climate-sceptics base their statements?

Posted by Flavio Lehner August 24, 09 09:43 AM
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Love the pictures. How hopeless it must be to be walking in #33 and realize how much farther you have to go!

As for the global warming arguments. Glaciers are getting smaller. The ice caps are getting smaller. There aren't any glaciers in the whole wide world that are getting bigger. I don't know why people latch on to crazy ideas like Holocaust denial, moon-landing denial, global warming-denial, etc. I blame public schools and parents for not teaching rigorous skeptical theory. After all, these people can type and are clearly not retarded. So what's the problem?


Posted by Tacoma August 24, 09 01:50 PM
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Greenland makes my boobies hot.

Posted by Ken August 26, 09 11:17 AM
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Great pictures...

I'm in the other extrem, in the south of the american's continent, in Chile.
Cheers to all, is a beautiful site!

Posted by Anonymous August 27, 09 01:10 PM
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Great beauty....

One of the best 100 places to visit before I die... :)

Posted by Hardik Upadhyay August 28, 09 04:59 AM
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whats a greatest picture i ever seen..thanks i really like all beatifull view.

Posted by Adhi Putra,Firman August 29, 09 05:22 AM
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exillent pictures.......

Posted by Anonymous August 29, 09 08:24 AM
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I have nothing to say! Just amazing!!!

Posted by Despina Gourgari - GREECE August 29, 09 05:24 PM
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Because of "global warming", now there are wildflowers in Greenland (pics #9 and #26) : OMG, isn't it HORRIBLE : flowers instead of ice ?

Posted by lionel September 2, 09 04:48 AM
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is pictures beutiful!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by robert September 2, 09 04:58 PM
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WoW! I hope to see these landscapes one day for real, but this was a nice fill-in.

Posted by Blake September 5, 09 01:00 AM
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Great pictures. Do cruise ships ever go there? And thanks for the decent pixel count - some other people have ruined their pictures by downsizing them.

Posted by Arno Arrak September 5, 09 05:17 PM
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Brilliant, these pictures speak volumes for the beauty of greenland...hope,whn i ever visit these places,they would be as breathless as the pictures show them to be!! Thankyou!

Posted by shina September 5, 09 05:30 PM
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Just... wow! Nice photo set. Thanks to your photographers :)

Posted by Krist2ps September 6, 09 03:35 AM
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94 square kilometers is not 60 square miles :-)

Posted by Pero September 7, 09 08:37 AM
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Remote places nice.

Posted by sravan September 7, 09 10:35 PM
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sooo........ what did the Danish do all these years? Greenland looks primitive, almost no sign of civilisation... just poor people hardly making a living. and they call this part of Denmark? a civilised European country?

Posted by zs September 11, 09 05:49 AM
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Oh earth, oh earth, how wonderful it is to be alive on this beautiful planet.

Posted by Dick George September 11, 09 08:44 AM
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Beautyful pictures, love them...
Gyonyoru kepek!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bye

Posted by Rob September 12, 09 05:53 PM
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I love the cool polor beear

Posted by Samantha September 17, 09 06:43 PM
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wanna see it quickly.very beautifull!!!

Posted by Anonymous September 25, 09 12:31 PM
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i like it there

Posted by john October 15, 09 03:51 PM
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Answer to #94: The Danes have taken all the values (material and non-material) away from the Inuit population (including the right to use their original names given at birth. Therefore, I find it quite appropriate that Denmark (my country) realizes that it is payback time. I call for support for Kalaalit Nunaat for many more years. Erik. http://www.olbec.com/tas.htm

Posted by Erik Eriksen - Tasiilaq November 5, 09 01:43 AM
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very interesing

Posted by t satish kumar November 10, 09 10:39 AM
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