The Greenland ice sheet terminates along this so - called grounded ice margin near the town of Ilulissat. (livescience.com)
Straddled along the sea - ice margin at the northernmost extension of the warm Gulf Stream, climate on the archipelago is highly sensitive to change: Svalbard is one of the fastest - warming places on the planet. (sciencedaily.com)
A study of the demise of the Laurentide Ice Sheet that once covered Canada may help scientists better understand shrinking ice fields today — like this melting ice margin in Greenland. (sciencedaily.com)