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• Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen — (January 15 1872 November 25 1907) was a Danish author, ethnologist, and explorer, from Ringkøbing. He was most notably an explorer of Greenland. With Count Harald Moltke and Knud Rasmussen he formed the Danish Literary expedition (1902 04) to… …   Wikipedia

• Greenland Ruby — When European scientists first arrived in Greenland over 200 years ago to study the geology, they encountered native Inuit (“eskimo”) people who were already familiar with the red gemstone variety of the mineral corundum, known as ruby (Giesecke …   Wikipedia

• Isua-Gneis — Der Isua Gneis ist eine Gesteinsformation des Archaikums im Kanadischen Schild nordöstlich von Nuuk am Rande des grönländischen Eisschildes. Die Gesteinsformation enthält mit dem Isua Grünsteingürtel etwa 3,8 Milliarden Jahre alte Gesteine, die… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Isua-Grünsteingürtel — Der Isua Gneis ist eine Gesteinsformation des Archaikums im Kanadischen Schild nordöstlich von Nuuk am Rande des grönländischen Eisschildes. Die Gesteinsformation enthält mit dem Isua Grünsteingürtel etwa 3,8 Milliarden Jahre alte Gesteine, die… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• iceberg — /uys berrg/, n. 1. a large floating mass of ice, detached from a glacier and carried out to sea. 2. Informal. an emotionally cold person. 3. Australian Informal. a person who swims or surfs regularly in winter. 4. tip of the iceberg, the first… …   Universalium

• Paamiut — ▪ Greenland Danish  Frederikshåb   town, southwestern Greenland, on the Atlantic coast at the mouth of 30 miles (48 km ) long Kvanefjord and south southeast of Frederikshåbs Isblink (ice field), a navigation landmark. It was founded in 1742.… …   Universalium

• Nordostrundingen — 81.440277777778 11.489444444444 Koordinaten: 81° 26′ 25″ N, 11° 29′ 22″ W …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• iceblink — [īs′bliŋk΄] n. [ ICE + BLINK, transl. of Du ijsblink or Dan isblink] a bright reflection of sunlight, esp. in polar regions, on the bottom of a low cloud, caused by ice on a distant expanse of water or land: cf. SNOWBLINK …   English World dictionary