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    Photos: Scientists study melting icebergs at Greenland's Scoresby Fjord

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    Photos: Scientists study melting icebergs at Greenland's Scoresby Fjord

    Expedition aims to understand climate change's effects on Scoresby Fjord, its inhabitants


    Published:  August 31, 2023 12:20 Compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina, Senior Web Editor  and  with inputs from AFP

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    Denmark: With rugged red mountains rising on either side, a sailboat carrying scientists deftly snakes between icebergs brimming Greenland's Scoresby Fjord, as they rush to document this understudied region on the frontline of climate change. Image Credit: AFP
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    After the warmest July ever recorded at Summit Camp atop Greenland's ice sheet, the expedition members sailing the country's east coast are acutely aware of the urgency. Image Credit: AFP
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    "The risk that we have here is the disappearance of the complete ecosystem," Eric Marechal, director of research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), tells AFP on board the sailboat Kamak. Image Credit: AFP
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    In addition to the icebergs - which in some areas blanket over half of the fjord - the scientists also need an armed escort to protect against polar bears. But for the researchers, facing the harsh environment is a risk worth taking for rare access into one of the world's most isolated ecosystems. Image Credit: AFP
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    "We see that global warming is really entering a strong phase here. So we need to document that," says expedition leader Vincent Hilaire. Image Credit: AFP
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    The expedition, arranged by the volunteer-run French initiative Greenlandia, aims to understand climate change's effects on Scoresby Fjord and its inhabitants. Frozen in ice for eleven months of the year, the planet's largest fjord system, which remains vastly understudied, is a challenge to manoeuvre even for a seasoned crew. Image Credit: AFP
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    "There is a big gap between what we see on the maps and the reality, so we have to move forward carefully," says Kamak's captain David Delample. The warm sunlight carves pathways of melting snow on the sides of the icebergs, while the thundering sound of calving glaciers surrounding the fjord fills the air. Image Credit: AFP
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    Some icebergs are chiselled monoliths of blue ice towering above the sea taller than the Arc de Triomphe monument in Paris, others smooth mounds with cascading layers of white snow. Image Credit: AFP
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    The danger of the boat getting crushed between the mammoth blocks of ice is tangible, and the sound of the frozen giants banging against the ship's hull ensures an uneasy slumber. Image Credit: AFP
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    The only human settlement within a 500-kilometre (310-mile) radius is the Greenlandic town of Ittoqqortoormiit near the mouth of the fjord, with its 300 or so inhabitants. Image Credit: AFP
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    The scientists are working against the clock, well aware the fjord will freeze over again by mid-September. "The future scientific generation will observe a massive melting in Greenland," Hilaire says. Image Credit: AFP
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    For the team, filling the knowledge gap in the research of this remote region before it changes is essential to guide policy in the future. "We will give them the maximum amount of samples," Hilaire says. Image Credit: AFP

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