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Melt rivers flow away from the edges of the retreated glacier of FrederikshÃ¥b Isblink, towards the sea, through sand, silt and other debris deposited by the glacier in the past. New colours are made by different mineral deposits and new…

The edge of a glacier shows a dark blue colour, where ice has recently calved into bergs.

An iceberg made of densely formed ice, shows light transmitted through it. Suggesting it as older than the other ice formations surrounding it. These bubbles were made from air escaping as the ice compacted during freezing.

Melt rivers and pieces of ice that form the retreated glacier of Frederikshåb Isblink. West Greenland.

A bowl carved by a glacier. The pool is made from melt water after the ice has melted back to reveal the deeply scored sides made by glacial movement.

Pancake ice melting in a fjord, it looks grey because of a coating of silt, possibly morraine deposits or silt blown by the wind.

The top of an iceberg in the mouth of a fjord is sculpted by strong winds. Greenland.

A melt lake forms in the shape of a heart, visibled from the air, a few miles inland of the edge of the Equip Sermia glacier that feeds into the fjord of Ã…ta Sund near Disko Bay in South West Greenland. The tiny river that runs off the tip…

A detail of the edge of a 'melt-lake', the tiny cracks and crevasses visible can channel melt water down towards the bed rock, further speeding up the glacier's flow. West Greenland.

A glacier 'slumps' as it rounds a steep slope in the bed rock that it travels across as it flow towards the sea.