Arctic Coasts, Rivers and Lakes

Glacier-dammed lakes are a common feature of Arctic glaciers. Here a branch of an outlet glacier of the Greenland Ice Sheet in East Greenland, called Dödemanns Gletscher (Dead Dog Glacier) has dammed a small frozen lake. Tabular icebergs are breaking off from the floating glacier tongue.

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