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Visualization of the North Atlantic Ocean showing the direction of ocean currents. (Image credit: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio) QUICK FACTS Name: Denmark Strait cataract Location: Denmark Strait Coordinates: 67.06195932031873, -23.96634920730749 Why it's incredible: The cataract is the world's biggest waterfall, taller even than Angel Falls. The Denmark Strait cataract is…

After five months in a Greenland prison , the Danish government has refused a request from the Japanese government to extradite ocean activist and Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Founder Paul Watson and released him from jail. Watson was released from custody Tuesday morning and will now be able to spend Christmas…

Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was arrested in July on a Japanese warrant - Copyright AFP/File Leiff Josefsen Tomohiro OSAKI Japan’s government voiced dismay on Wednesday over the release of anti-whaling activist Paul Watson after Danish authorities refused Tokyo’s extradition request. The Sea Shepherd founder was arrested in Greenland in July…

Danish authorities dropped extradition proceedings against the long-time climate and anti-whaling activist. Alamy Greenland Watson was released from a prison in Nuuk, Greenland this morning. FOUNDER OF GREENPEACE and anti-whaling activist Paul Watson has been released from a prison in Greenland after authorities there dropped extradition proceedings which would’ve made…

COPENHAGEN — Denmark released anti-whaling activist Paul Watson from detention on Tuesday (Dec 17) and said it had rejected a Japanese request to extradite him over criminal charges dating back more than a decade. US-Canadian Watson, 74, founder of the Sea Shepherd conservationist group and the Captain Paul Watson Foundation, was released in…

“N unaqatiga takuuk!” Ceporah called up the hillside to me. Neighbour, look! The two of us have been cabin neighbours for more than a decade; this past September, we went out on a berry-picking expedition about twenty-five kilometres from Iqaluit. I was obsessed with picking the ruby-red lingonberries bejewelling the…

Amaroq Minerals Ltd. released the results of its recent sampling campaign at the Eagle’s Nest target within the Anoritooq licence area, Greenland, part of the Nanortalik gold belt, located 31 km from the Nalunaq gold mine. The findings, which confirm the presence of two distinct gold quartz veins, align with…

About two-thirds of Greenland lies above the Arctic Circle, so while it remains a popular tourist destination for cold-weather lovers, getting there has never been easy. Until now. The territory unveiled a renovated airport in November that will serve as the first major international airport in the Arctic. Greenlanders hope…

Ground-based measuring devices and aircraft radar operated in the far northeast of Greenland show how much ice the 79° N-Glacier is losing. According to measurements conducted by the Alfred Wegener Institute, the thickness of the glacier has decreased by more than 160 metres since 1998. Warm ocean water flowing under…