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Greenland Glacier Break Creates New Ice Island

The images show Arctic wildlife surviving on Greenland’s frozen coast, where icebergs, seals and 40-meter tides shape daily life, dpa said.

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An international research team partly led by the University of Ottawa reports that Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland calved a 76.4 km² (29.5 square miles) ice island on Aug. 4, 2026, marking the glacier's largest loss of floating ice since 2012 and the largest Arctic calving event since 2020.

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Foxes, hares and polar bears in the frozen wastelands of Greenland

ITTOQQORTORMIIT, Greenland — Head for the Arctic and you will hear crunches and creaks as icebergs bob along the turquoise waters. They come in all sizes, gliding by, some shaped like birds or clouds or animals. Icebergs float about on…

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