http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/rock-hunting-in-greenland/ Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:18:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/rock-hunting-in-greenland/comment-page-1/#comment-299 Kate O'D Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:53:51 +0000 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?p=443#comment-299 Indeed! Especially considering what happened <a href="http://www.eturbonews.com/3723/2-tourists-drown-chunk-greenland-glacier-breaks" rel="nofollow">just 5 days later</a> not too far away, just the other side of Disko Bay... Indeed! Especially considering what happened just 5 days later not too far away, just the other side of Disko Bay…

]]> http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/rock-hunting-in-greenland/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Mary Miller Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:09:04 +0000 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?p=443#comment-298 Hey thanks, It was lucky that we were there, I just turned toward the boom of ice crashing and snapped that picture. Then when we walked up close to where it happened and saw the big chunks of ice on the bluff, we realized what a big event it had been. it can be dangerous if you are too close to one of those calving fronts, but luckily noone was hurt that day. mary Hey thanks,
It was lucky that we were there, I just turned toward the boom of ice crashing and snapped that picture.
Then when we walked up close to where it happened and saw the big chunks of ice on the bluff, we realized what a big event it had been. it can be dangerous if you are too close to one of those calving fronts, but luckily noone was hurt that day.
mary

]]> http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/rock-hunting-in-greenland/comment-page-1/#comment-288 DJ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:55:37 +0000 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?p=443#comment-288 Nice photos. The crashing splashing ice is dramatic. The boot on the chunk of ice with the sparse and scrappy vegetation is such a nice slice of environment. Nice photos. The crashing splashing ice is dramatic. The boot on the chunk of ice with the sparse and scrappy vegetation is such a nice slice of environment.

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