Published on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 by Agence France Presse

Greenlanders Mystified by Incredible Shrinking Glacier The sun sets on the Ilulissat fjord, on Greenland's western coast. Residents of Ilulissat, most of whom live off of shrimp and halibut fishing as well as the all-important tourism industry, nearly choked on their morning coffee when The Groenlands Posten newspaper described how the Sermeq Kujalleq glacier, one of the most active glaciers in the world and the town's biggest tourist attraction, had receded by more than five kilometers (three miles) in the past two years. The chilling news came just two months after UNESCO placed the Ilulissat Icefjord on the World Heritage List. (AFP/Slim Allagui)