Greenland Coast

East Greenland's coast is a maze of deep fjords, peninsulas and islands, with the inland ice rising behind a narrow fringe of rocky land. Glaciers descend through the valleys and send ice toward the sea. Offshore, the East Greenland Current carries pack ice southward, sometimes making the coast difficult to approach. The contrast between sheltered fjord waters and the shifting ice of the open sea shapes the passage along this rugged shore.