
Aerial view of tidewater glaciers flowing from the Greenland Ice Sheet into deep fjords of southeast Greenland that are directly connected to the North Atlantic Ocean.

Fog-shrouded red-rock mountains and melting icebergs in Ofjord, Scoresby Sund, East Greenland.

A large tabular iceberg in Rodefjord, within Scoresby Sund, East Greenland.

Very thin and fractured sea ice covering the ocean in late March near the coast of southeast Greenland.

Receding glacier and tabular iceberg, Ofjord, Scoresby Sund, East Greenland.

A large iceberg viewed from both above and below the water surface. East Greenland, Sermilik Fjord.

An enormous tabular iceberg floats at the outlet of a glacier in Ofjord within Scoresby Sund in East Greenland.

Following two days of strong foehn winds, numerous chunks of ice -- some large enough to be called "growlers" -- are stranded ashore and grounded in shallow water in Sermilik Fjord, southeast Greenland.

Melting icebergs in Sermilik Fjord, southeast Greenland.

Glacier and iceberg, Ofjord, Scoresby Sund, East Greenland.

Fractured land-fast ice breaking up in late March, southeast Greenland.

Disintegrating iceberg in Sermilik Fjord, southeast Greenland.

Disintegrating icebergs in Sermilik Fjord, southeast Greenland.

Harefjord, a small fjord within Scoresby Sund in East Greenland, is dotted with icebergs and bordered by fog-shrouded mountains covered with snow.

A large tabular iceberg in Rodefjord within Scoresby Sund, East Greenland.

Fog-shrouded mountain spires and melting icebergs in Ofjord within Scoresby Sund, East Greenland.

Sunset in Hurry Inlet, within Scoresby Sund, East Greenland. Small tundra plants with autumn foliage color the ground red.

Iceberg, and cliffs adorned with desert varnish and a dusting of snow, in Ofjord within Scoresby Sund, East Greenland.

A receding glacier and pinnacle peaks in Tasermiut Fjord, South Greenland.

Following two days of strong foehn winds, numerous chunks of ice -- some large enough to be called "growlers" -- are stranded ashore and grounded in shallow water in Sermilik Fjord, southeast Greenland.