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00:02:33
In the summer of 2008, the only helicopter in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, was effectively grounded by a diamond company, leaving scientists and logistics coordinators to frantically rearrange their field plans.

00:02:43
Musk oxen graze on a rock ledge outside the town of Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (No audio attached).

In this video interview from Greenland, geologist Tom Neumann from the University of Vermont explains how he and his colleagues are attempting to read the history of the Greenland Ice Sheet by collecting and analyzing rocks spit out from the base of the glacier.

00:01:27
Kenn Borek Twin Otter lands at the Ilulissat Airport, Greenland

00:03:01
Interview with galciologist Sarah Das (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) from atop the Greenland Ice Sheet.

00:02:21
Interview with glaciologist Ian Joughin (Applied Physics Lab, University of Washington) atop the Greenland Ice Sheet.

00:01:52
From atop the Greenland Ice Sheet, Chris Linder, a photographer from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, describes observing first-hand the sudden rapid draining of a huge glacial lake.

00:02;44
Greenland, icebergs in the Disko Bay near Ilulissat; shot from the vessel Katak, under the midnight sun.

00:01:09
Shots of huge icebergs in the Disko Bay, including one with an ice cave.

00:01:39
Ice bergs in the Disko Bay outside of Ilulissat. Also shot of boat motoring by icebergs.