A World of Ice and Snow
A World of Ice and Snow
Hvidt, hvidt, hvidt - så langt øjet rækker. Sneklædte fjelde og frosne fjorde fylder hele horisonten.
Glacier-is, ny-is, hav-is, fjord-is, driv-is - "Isen lægger sig" og "isen går". Isen bestemmer alt i Grønland!
Isen er livgivende, frigiver næringsstoffer og danner grundlaget for dyreliv og mennesker. Men, isen er også den tunge, hvide dyne, der lægger store områder øde for liv, forhindrer havfuglene i at finde føde i åbent vand og landdyrene i at få adgang til den underliggende vegetation.
Is og sne er i sandhed en stor del af det grønlandske landskab - et landskab, hvor dyr og mennesker synes forsvindende små. En verden af is og sne.
White, white, white - as far as the eye can see. Snow-covered mountains and frozen fiords cover the horizon.
Glacier ice, new ice, sea ice, fiord ice, drift ice - "The ice comes" and "the ice goes". Ice determines everything in Greenland!
Ice is life-giving, releases nutrients and forms the very foundation for wildlife and man. But, ice is also the heavy, white blanket that cover up large areas, preventing seabirds from foraging in open water and land mammals from accessing the underlying vegetation.
Ice and snow is truly a large part of the Greenland scenery - a scenery where animal and human seams insignificantly small. A world of ice and snow.
© Carsten Egevang/ARC-PIC.COM
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