A Danish-Swiss research expedition team have discovered a new island off the coast of Greenland, which they say is the world’s northernmost point of land and was revealed by shifting pack ice.
- The research team came upon the landmass on an expedition in July 2021, and initially thought they had reached Oodaaq, up until now the northernmost island on the planet. But when they checked their position with the Danish official in charge of registering Arctic islands, they were 800m (2,625ft) further north.
- The 60X30m island is the closest point of land to the North Pole.
- Greenland is a vast autonomous Arctic territory that belongs to Denmark.
- The scientists now want the island to be named Qeqertaq Avannarleq, which means “the northernmost island” in Greenlandic.
(Source: BBC and Guardian)
