Burning The Ice Chaff In Tasiilaq

Every year after the ice is harvested, Tasiilaq holds their traditional bonfire – to celebrate Greenland being warmer than when everyone froze to death in the 14th century.

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8 Responses to Burning The Ice Chaff In Tasiilaq

  1. Lance says:

    i’m thinking get a good wind in there and all those berg-bits will blow outta there.
    then, it will be Catastrophic!!

    • Grumpy Grampy ;) says:

      That would ruin their iceberg rental program!!!! WoW It might put a damper on their tourist industry.

  2. Grumpy Grampy ;) says:

    In Hawaii they burn the sugar cane before harvest. With Greenland expected to be more tropical like they will need to start burning earlier but the up side is they can offer Organic field smoked cured ice and might be able to skip some of the current processing they need to do to get the ice ready for market!

  3. GregW says:

    “…the ice cores indicate Greenland has experienced dramatic temperature shifts many times over the past 100,000 years.” Greenland Wikipedia

    How was this possible without coal-burning power plants and SUVs?

  4. AndyW says:

    Hey look, there is an elephant in Steve’s front room

    http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/IMAGES/seaice.recent.antarctic.png

    Andy

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