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On September 16th, 2023 at 12:35 UTC, a 25.5 × 10 ^ 6 m 3 (33.4 × 10 ^ 6 cu yd) rockslide occurred on the slope of Dickson Fjord in Northeast Greenland. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The rockslide impacted a gully glacier, leading to a rock and ice avalanche that entered the fjord causing a tsunami up to 200-metre-high (660 ft) tsunami and subsequent waves up ...
Nine of the victims (six men, including two mountain guides, and three women) were Italian (all but one hailing from Veneto), and two were Czech. [9] [10] [11] Six bodies were recovered in the immediate aftermath of the collapse, a seventh on the following day, [12] two more three days after the collapse, and a further two on the fourth day.
The summit of Gunnbjørn Fjeld is the highest point on the Island of Greenland, Kalaallit Nunaat, the Kingdom of Denmark, and the entire Arctic. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [1] of the nation of Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat). Kalaallit Nunaat includes the Island of Greenland and surrounding islands.
The Petermann Glacier in northwestern Greenland is one of the largest glaciers connecting the Greenland ice sheet with the Arctic Ocean. Petermann's ice flow has accelerated in recent years.
Growing sometimes to tree height is the Greenland mountain ash (Sorbus decora), which is usually a shrub. [1] Green alder (Alnus alnobetula) is also found in the valley. [2] Trees in the Qinngua valley (1900) It is possible that other forests of this type once existed in Greenland but were cleared by early settlers for firewood or building ...
The 19-year-old son of former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki was found dead at the University of California, Berkeley, on Tuesday, his grandmother said on Facebook. ... Although a cause of death for ...
Her poor health could be a possible cause of death. As with all of the older women found, she was missing several teeth . Furthermore, all the older mummies showed clear signs of dental erosion , which might be explained by their tough diets as well as by stress caused by tanning and removing fur from leather (here, animal hides were removed by ...
New evidence reopened the case of actress Natalie Wood’s 1981 drowning death, pointing to her husband, actor Robert Wagner, as a prime suspect. Two witnesses came forward, claiming Wood was ...