Steaming along the ice-water edge of the tidewater Petermann Glacier.
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A vertical cliff about 500-m high carved by Petermann Glacier.
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I did not expect us to get this close to the northern wall of Petermann Glacier; note the change in color of the water and lichens growing on the cliff.
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USCGC heading carefully towards a cliff in Petermann Fjord.
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USCGC Healy steaming eastward along the northern wall of Petermann Fjord.
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Dr. Helen Johnson aboard the USCGC Healy in Petermann Fjord.
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Glacial water and rock formations impacted by Petermann Glacier.
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Northern Greenland in the summer sun, little wind here ...
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There is even some evidence of a tidal elevation as some rocks are wet while most are not; UDel graduate student Melissa Zweng in the foreground.
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