Helheim Glacier


Helheim Glacier is one of Greenland's largest outlet glaciers and is named after the world of the dead in Norse Mythology.
It feeds the waters of the Helheim Fjord, a branch of the Sermilik system, where there are a number of other glaciers calving and discharging at rapid rates such as the Midgard Glacier.

Retreat

Helheim Glacier accelerated from per year in 2000 to per year in 2005. Like many of Greenland's outlet glaciers, it is a common site where glacial earthquakes are monitored.