Hike around Ilulissat fjord - UNESCO Heritage

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Adam Ciesielski
Institute of Geodesy and Cartography, Poland

The Ilulissat Icefjord was listed as UNESCO World Heritage. The Ilulissat glacier, (Sermeq Kujalleq) is a highly active, fast-moving glacier in West Greenland. As one of the world;s most productive glaciers, it produces about one tenth of Greenland's icebergs and is a major contributor to Northern Hemisphere sea-level rise.

The stacked stationary "icebergs" in the fjord bay are called "ice melange".

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