Ilulissat Icefjord Calves 46 Cubic Kilometres Annually

Ilulissat Icefjord calves 46 km³ ice.

Ilulissat Icefjord lies on Greenland’s west coast, 250 km north.

Sermeq Kujalleq glacier feeds the Ilulissat Icefjord with ice.

Blue iceberg floats in the icy Ilulissat Icefjord.

Ilulissat Icefjord produces 10 percent of all Greenland calf ice.

Scientists have studied the glacier for over 250 years.

The icefjord’s crashing and crackling produce dramatic sounds.

Ilulissat Icefjord shows Earth’s last ice age stage clearly.

The glacier actively carves the fjord bed as it flows.

The Greenland ice cap’s oldest ice is 250,000 years old.

Annual snowfall balances ice loss from calving and melting.

Ilulissat Icefjord offers easy access to watch glacier calving.

No roads or human structures exist in the icefjord area.

Strict laws ban mining and control tourism in the reserve.

Ilulissat Icefjord calves over 35 cubic kilometres of ice each year.