East Greenland

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Dramatic striped strata rock from the Cambrian in Segelsällskapets Fjord, Yacht Club Fiord in the North-East Greenland National Park.

Low hanging stratus clouds obscure the mountain tops in Ø Fjord, Scoresbysund. East Greenland.

Footprints in the sand in Eleonora Bay, Musk oxen, arctic fox and Glaucous Gull. Kejser Franz Joseph Fiord. North-east Greenland National Park. 2005

Autumn Moss beds and a meltstream with icebergs in the fiord. Tyskit Nunat. Scoresbysund Fiord. East Greenland

Polar Bear tracks on the shore at Antarctic Havn. King Oskar Fiord. East Greenland.

Walrus Bull checks out a polecam with his sensitive whiskers. East Greenland

Icebergs bathed by autumn evening light, Island Fiord, East Greenland

Glaciers have smoothed striped strata rock from the Cambrian and late pre-Cambrian in Segelsällskapets Fjord, North-East Greenland National Park.

$Layers of sedimentary rock, fractured. Antarctic Sound, Ymer Ø, NE Greenland$
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Muskoxen in autumn coloured tundra, East Greenland

Umivik is where Nansen and Otto Sverdrup started their crossing of the Icecap in 1888, The first ever crossing of the icecap. East Greenland.

The distinctive Grundvigskirken seen in snow from Ø Fjord. Scoresbysund. East Greenland

Dramatic coastline and icebergs reflect in the still waters of Nordvest Fjord, Scoresbysund. East Greenland.

Visitors to the Rolige Brae or Calm Glacier in early morning light. Føhn Fiord. East Greenland. 2005

Iceberg at the foot of steep red, Hematite rich slopes in Røde Fiord. East Greenland. 2005

A grounded iceberg rests in a bay off Nordvest Fjord, behind it are the mountains of Renland. East Greenland. 2005

Tour guide Nette with her rifle at the Old Thule settlement of Sydkap, Scoresbysund Fiord. East Greenland. 2005

Icebergs float by the heavily glaciated south coast of Scoresbysund Fiord at sunset. East Greenland. 2005

Tour Guide Troels plays with a musk ox skull he has found. Eleonora Bay. North east Greenland National Park. 2005

Bilberry and dwarf birch bushes grow in tundra on the igneous layers of rock on Renodde. Easr Greenland. 2005

Band of mist across Arab Peaks on Danmark Ø with an iceberg by the shore. Scoresbysund Fiord. East Greenland. 2005

Musk Oxen skull seen from above. Eleonora Bay. North-east Greenland National Park. 2005

Kongeborgen, backdrop to a windswept coast and hikers. Holm Bugt / Bay. Traill Ø. Kong Oskar Fiord. East Greenland National Park. 2005

Hut rings of Thule culture houses at Sydcap on the coast of Halls Bredning, now covered in vegetation Scoresbysund Fiord. East Greenland. 2005

Arctic willow in the autumn with yellow leaves and exploding seed heads. Scoresbysund. East Greenland. 2005

Lesson in the school at Scoresbysund by Thor Hjarsen on the value of tourism in the Greenland economy. E. Greenland. 2005