https://sputnikglobe.com/20210828/like-past-explorers-possible-northernmost-island-in-world-discovered-near-greenland-1083740405.html
'Like Past Explorers': Possible Northernmost Island in World Discovered Near Greenland
'Like Past Explorers': Possible Northernmost Island in World Discovered Near Greenland
Sputnik International
The scientists initially thought they had arrived on an island located by a Danish survey team back in 1978, before realising that the island they had stumbled... 28.08.2021, Sputnik International
2021-08-28T16:51+0000
2021-08-28T16:51+0000
2021-08-28T16:51+0000
world
newsfeed
greenland
coast
island
discovery
https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e5/08/1c/1083740800_0:488:2731:2031_1920x0_80_0_0_093cbf65e38e2b5b4a5db9f3f7cc47a8.jpg
Scientists have found a small island off the coast of Greenland that's apparently been revealed by shifting pack ice.According to Reuters, the newly discovered island may turn out to be the northernmost point of land in the world.As they stumbled upon the piece of land in question last month – measuring about 30 metres across – the scientists initially thought it was Oodaaq, an island found in 1978 by a Danish survey team. However, they later realised that the island they found is located about 780 metres northwest.Rene Forsberg, head of geodynamics at Denmark's National Space Institute and advisor to the Danish government, said that this discovery is unlikely to change the country’s territorial claim to the north of Greenland, the media outlet notes.
https://sputnikglobe.com/20210820/unprecedented-rain-deluge-in-icy-greenland-more-than-wandering-climate-pattern-warn-scientists-1083666888.html
greenland
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rosiya Segodnya“
2021
News
en_EN
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rosiya Segodnya“
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rosiya Segodnya“
newsfeed, greenland, coast, island, discovery
newsfeed, greenland, coast, island, discovery
'Like Past Explorers': Possible Northernmost Island in World Discovered Near Greenland
The scientists initially thought they had arrived on an island located by a Danish survey team back in 1978, before realising that the island they had stumbled upon is located about 780 metres northwest.
Scientists have found a small island off the coast of Greenland that's apparently been revealed by shifting pack ice.
According to Reuters, the newly discovered island may turn out to be the northernmost point of land in the world.
"It was not our intention to discover a new island," said Morten Rasch, polar explorer and head of the Arctic Station research facility in Greenland. "We just went there to collect samples."
As they stumbled upon the piece of land in question last month – measuring about 30 metres across – the scientists initially thought it was Oodaaq, an island found in 1978 by a Danish survey team. However, they later realised that the island they found is located about 780 metres northwest.
20 August 2021, 06:48 GMT
"It's a bit like explorers in the past, who thought they'd landed in a certain place but actually found a totally different place," remarked Swiss entrepreneur Christiane Leister, creator of the Leister Foundation that financed the expedition.
Rene Forsberg, head of geodynamics at Denmark's National Space Institute and advisor to the Danish government, said that this discovery is unlikely to change the country’s territorial claim to the north of Greenland, the media outlet notes.
"These small island come and go," he said.
