Mittivakkat Glacier

Mittivakkat Glacier in southeast Greenland is part of the largest ice field on Ammassalik Island and has become an important Arctic indicator of environmental change. First surveyed geodetically in 1933, it retreated through most of the recorded period from 1898 to 2008 and showed a persistent negative mass balance. Because it is not connected to the Greenland ice sheet, it is the most extensively studied glacier of its kind in Greenland. Research based at nearby Sermilik station examines its ice, climate, and landforms. In 2005, reindeer bones dated to about 1200–1300 AD emerged from the retreating ice, revealing traces of earlier landscapes and animal life.

Sermersooq · Greenland