The Ilulissat Icefjord, Disko Bay, Greenland

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The Ilulissat Icefjord runs west 40 km (25 mi) from the Greenland ice sheet to Disko Bay just south of Ilulissat town. At its eastern end is the Jakobshavn Isbræ glacier (Greenlandic: Sermeq Kujalleq), the most productive glacier in the Northern Hemisphere. The glacier flows at a rate of 20–35 m (66–115 ft) per day, resulting in around 20 billion tonnes of icebergs calved off and passing out of the fjord every year.

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Location: Ilulissat Icefjord, Disko Bay, Greenland
Photo credit: © Paul Bolam / Alamy / Afripics
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