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A. Harmsworth Glacier, also called Alfred Harmsworth Glacier, is a large glacier in northern Greenland within Northeast Greenland National Park. Flowing roughly northwest to the head of Benedict Fjord, it fills most of the inner fjord and is among the larger glaciers in this part of Greenland. It lies between Gertrud Rask Land on the east and Roosevelt Land on the west, with the Roosevelt Range rising along both sides and at its head. American explorer Robert Peary named it for British newspaper proprietor Alfred Harmsworth, who had given Peary the expedition ship Windward after hearing him speak on polar travel in 1897. The glacier moves at about 160 metres per year.
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