A picture that went viral last month that appeared to show dogs running on water raised alarm bells about the acceleration of ice melt in Greenland. Now scientists have released a video.
ADVERTISEMENTDanish scientist Steffen Olsen whose picture of the Greenland ice melt went viral last month has now released a video.
The 60-seconds of footage shows sledge dogs trudging through crystal-clear water, which is hiding the ice sheet underneath. One of them appears to be struggling.
It was captured on June 13 on a routine mission through the Inglefield Gulf in northwest Greenland. The picture went viral, serving as a warning about the speed at which Arctic ice is melting.
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Ice melting in that area is not unusual, the Danish Meteorological Institute noted, but it happened earlier in the season than expected.
Temperatures in Nuuk, in south-western Greenland, were higher than usual in June.
