September Data Shows Record High Temperatures in Southern Greenland & Decreasing Arctic Ice The town of Narsarsuaq in southern Greenland reached a record high night time temperature of 15.3ยฐC (59.5ยฐF) on September 22, the European Space Agency Copernicus reported. It marked the hottest September night in Narsarsuaqโs recorded history and one of the highest minimum temperatures ever recorded in all of Greenland. On average, nighttime temperatures for Narsarsuaq in September vary from 0.6ยฐC […] Julia Schneemann | October 1, 2024 0 Comments
Professional Climber Alex Honnold Releases Trailer for New Film “Arctic Ascent” Professional adventure rock climber, Alex Honnold, whose fearless free-solo ascents of Americaโs biggest cliffs have made him one of the most recognized and followed climbers in the world, has just released the trailer for his next movie. The movie, titled “Arctic Ascent,” will be a three-part series, where Honnold embarks on an epic quest of unclimbed walls in one of […] Movie Trailer Brent Thomas | January 18, 2024 1 Comment
NASA: Widespread Melting on Humboldt Glacier, Greenland | 2nd Largest Cumulative Melt Area on Record Every year, from around May to early September, melting takes place atop the vast sheet of ice covering Greenland. Toward the end of August 2023, unseasonably warm weather led to several days of widespread melting. The unusual late-season event peaked island-wide on August 22, when melting spanned nearly 730,000 square kilometers (282,000 square miles), or about 45 percent of the […] SnowBrains | September 18, 2023 0 Comments
NASA: Summer Breakout in Northeast Greenland Leads to Rapid Disintegration of Sea Ice Summer can be cruel to the planetโs remaining ice. Over just days in July 2023, seasonal warmth led to the rapid disintegration of sea ice near the junction of two large outlet glaciers in northeast Greenland. Related: Remains of German Hiker Missing Since 1986 Revealed on the Matterhorn by Melting Glaciers The two glaciersโStorstrรธmmen and L. Bistrup Brรฆโare visible in […] SnowBrains | August 8, 2023 0 Comments
You Can Go on the Ultimate Heli-Skiing Trip in Greenland with Bode Miller and Chris Davenport This Spring For many, a week of heli-skiing is the ideal ski trip. When you add doing it in Greenland, staying on a luxury yacht, and rubbing elbows with Bode Miller and Chris Davenport, it becomes the ultimate trip. That’s exactly what EYOS, a private superyacht charter company is offering. Highlights of the trip include staying onboard a former Arctic Research Vessel […] Industry News Brent Thomas | October 10, 2022 0 Comments
NASA: Late Season Melting in Greenland – Most on Record for Any September In September 2022, vast areas atop the Greenland ice sheet melted. Some scientists think the widespread late-season meltingโthe most on record for any Septemberโcould have implications for the ice sheet next year. Greenlandโs melting season typically runs from May to early September. The 2022 season started slowly, as lower-than-average air temperatures in May and June culminated in the least amount […] SnowBrains | September 9, 2022 1 Comment
NASA: A Half-Century of Ice Loss in Northwest Greenland A pair of satellite images acquired almost 50 years apart reveals striking changes to the glaciers and ice caps in northwest Greenland. Few other satellite comparisons span this much time, especially in such vivid lifelike color. Related: NASA: Record Summer Melting Across Svalbard, Arctic Circle Observations of Earth from space are now common. But prior to the 1970s, no Earth-observing […] SnowBrains | August 30, 2022 1 Comment
Scientists Have Discovered a Unique Sub-Species of Polar Bear That Has Adapted to a Warming Planet Scientists have discovered that glaciers in Southeast Greenland are harboring a previously unknown subpopulation of polar bears. The bears, which are uniquely adapted to their environment, could provide insight into the future of the species in a warming Arctic. Related: 9 Amazing Facts About Polar Bears Most polar bears rely on Arctic sea ice as a platform for hunting seals, […] SnowBrains | June 17, 2022 0 Comments