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Arctic regions are warming at about twice the global average.
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Children play in the midst of ice sheets on the shoreline in Nuuk, Greenland. REUTERS/Alister Doyle
Wildflowers blossom on a slope sitting above the Narsarsuaq icy mass in southern Greenland. REUTERS/Bob Strong
An ice shelf skims almost a harbor in the town of Kulusuk, east Greenland. REUTERS/Bob Strong
Icebergs coast in the quiet waters of a fjord, south of Tasiilaq in eastern Greenland. REUTERS/Bob Strong
Saunders Island and Wolstenholme Fjord with Kap Atholl out of sight. REUTERS/Michael Studinger/NASA
Icebergs coast in a fjord close to the south Greenland town of Narsaq. REUTERS/Bob Strong
A field of wildflowers sprouts on a slope outside in Tasiilaq. REUTERS/Bob Strong
Clothes hang out to dry in the town of Ilulissat in western Greenland. REUTERS/Bob Strong
Picture demonstrates a fjord behind the town of Ilulissat in Greenland. REUTERS/Michael Kappeler/Pool
Houses are lit up by the early morning sun in the town of Tasiilaq in eastern Greenland. REUTERS/Bob Strong
The Greenland ice top is framed into hills and edges close to the town of Kulusuk. REUTERS/Bob Strong
An airborne perspective of the Nord Glacier in East Greenland. REUTERS/Michael Studinger/NASA
A vast chunk of ice buoys in Eriks Fjord close to the town of Narsarsuaq in southern Greenland. REUTERS/Bob Strong
A state of Black-legged Kittiwake seagulls tend to their chicks on a bluff close to the south Greenland town of Narsaq July 28, 2009. REUTERS/Bob Strong (GREENLAND ENVIRONMENT)
Wildflowers sprout on a slope sitting above a fjord loaded with icy masses close to the south Greenland town of Narsaq. REUTERS/Bob Strong
A huge chunk of ice buoys in Eriks Fjord close to the town of Narsarsuaq in southern Greenland. REUTERS/Bob Strong
An chunk of ice buoys in a fjord close to the town of Kulusuk in eastern Greenland. REUTERS/Bob Strong
A vast chunk of ice melts into rugged edges as it buoys in Eriks Fjord close to the town of Narsarsuaq in southern Greenland. REUTERS/Bob Strong
Houses are painted in brilliant hues in the town of Ilulissat in western Greenland. REUTERS/Bob Strong
The sidelong and terminal morains of two little retreating icy masses streaming into Violingletscher (Violin Glacier) in East Greenland. REUTERS/Michael Studinger/NASA
Icebergs are reflected in the waters of Eriks Fjord close to the town of Narsarsuaq in southern Greenland. REUTERS/Bob Strong
An chunk of ice is envisioned in Ilulissat fjord in Greenland. REUTERS/Michael Kappeler/Pool
Heimdal Glacier in southern Greenland. REUTERS/NASA/John Sonntag
A whale plunges into ocean off the bank of Greenland's capital Nuuk. REUTERS/Alistair Scrutton
Icebergs are reflected in the quiet waters at the mouth of the Jakobshavn ice fjord close Ilulissat. REUTERS/Bob Strong