A female narwhal surfaces in an open area surrounded by sea ice in western Greenland March 30, 2012. Photo courtesy of Kristin Laidre/Handout via REUTERS
GREENLAND (Reuters) - Flying over eastern Greenland, the NASA scientists stared down from a Gulfstream jet as it followed the precise course they had flown in previous years - using radar to map the loss of ice.
“In the tube,” flight engineer David Elliott said as the team locked into their route over the ice sheet covering 80 percent of the world’s largest island. Out the window, massive chunks of broken ice looked like salt flakes on the water.
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