SW Greenland Fjord and Mountain

On April 8, 2011, IceBridge flew a mission to coastal areas in southwest Greenland. Mountains and an open-water fjord surround one of the mission's targets, a small ice cap called Sukkertoppen Isflade.

Operation IceBridge, now in its third year, makes annual campaigns in the Arctic and Antarctic where science flights monitor glaciers, ice sheets and sea ice.

Credit: NASA/GSFC/Michael Studinger

To learn more about Ice Bridge go to: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/icebridge/news/spr11/index.html

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