Across Europe and around the world, melting glaciers are reshaping landscapes and climate systems. Researchers Elzė ...

New research is challenging the ongoing debate about the Arctic's glacial past, suggesting that the region may never have ...

However, Ilulissat and its icebergs are Greenland's biggest tourist draw. Scientists classify their shapes as "tabular," "sloping," "pinnacled," "dry-docked" and "blocky," among other descriptors.

Icebergs float in Ilulissat Icefjord in western Greenland, about 155 miles north of the Arctic Circle. However, Ilulissat and its icebergs are Greenland's biggest tourist draw.

Ilulissat produces enormous icebergs—the largest outside of Antarctica—and the whales are right amongst them.” Tasting the Greenlandic way of life Seal blubber is hung to dry in Ilulissat.

Icebergs are seen at the Disko Bay close to Ilulissat, Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, March 22, 2025.

In Ilulissat, this is evident in the icebergs up to 100 metres (328 feet) high, which calve from the nearby Sermeq Kujalleq glacier and then slowly drift out into Disko Bay in the Ilulissat ...

Even after more than 100 trips to the icebergs of Ilulissat in western Greenland, tour guide Sigurd Janniche Thomsen still finds each journey special. “The light changes every time, and so do ...

Cortsen lives in Ilulissat, a small town of fewer than 5,000 people just north of the Arctic Circle. Its glinting white and sapphire blue icebergs and scenic fjords are among its most popular ...