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Puisortoq is a tidewater glacier on Greenland’s remote east coast along the King Frederick VI Coast, reaching the sea between Cape Steen Bille and Cape Cort Adelaer in a large ice front nearly 200 meters high. Known for intense ice discharge, it has long made navigation dangerous. Its Greenlandic name, meaning “where the ice rises to the surface,” reflects local knowledge that underwater ice could break loose and shoot upward. Inuit in the region feared the glacier and warned explorer Gino Watkins to remain silent and not eat until it was passed. In recent years, Puisortoq has also been in retreat.
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Kujalleq · Greenland