Summit Photos, Jorgen Taagholt

Greenland

 
  One of about 20 automatic synoptic weatherstations in Greenland established by J. Taagholt as part of the Unmanned Geophysical Observatories (UGO) project from 1972-85. Data transmission was via polar orbiting and geostationary satellites. Visit to the UGO station in East Greenland The capital of Greenland - Nuuk/Godthaab Aurora borealis in Greenland Flow of ice from the Greenland ice sheet to the Melville Bay An iceberg from Jakobshavn glacier in Disko Bay
 
  Jorgen Taagholt in front of an iceberg in the Thule District, with gletcherport from sub-glacier water outflow Kangerlussuaq / Sonderstrom Airport with Kangerlussuaq International Science Support (KISS) The entrance to Jakobshavn/Ilulissat harbor, closed on a summer day due to an 'exploded' glacier Summit, the GRIP station at Summit Interior of the GRIP station at Summit Summer in South Greenland
 
  Geological / glaciological studies in East Greenland The Greenland-based tourist ship MS Disko in Disko bay Icing in Greenland water Zion church in Jakobshavn / Ilulissat and Disko Island in the background Alfred Wegener Glacier, from where he began his expedition to EISMITTE Greenlandic farmer in South Greenland
 
  Tourist facilities in Disko Bay The inland route in South Greenland Click to enlarge