Slush puppies: Sled dogs wade through water where there would normally be a 4ft-thick ice sheet in astonishing image from Greenland released to highlight climate change The stunning image shows how the azure waters of the Inglefield Bredning fjord have flooded over ice cracks Danish Meteorological Institute were retrieving equipment from moorings in the far northwest of Greenland They still use sled dogs for the task as the most efficient means of transportation over the frozen waters Researchers said the 'extreme event' put local communities' transport, hunting and fishing at serious risk Temperatures last week soared to over 60 degrees Fahrenheit, not anticipated until later in June or early July
By Ross Ibbetson For Mailonline
Published: 09:20 BST, 18 June 2019 | Updated: 09:51 BST, 18 June 2019
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Sled dogs have been pictured wading though water where there would normally be a 4ft-thick ice sheet in an astonishing image taken in Greenland to highlight climate change.
The photograph shows the dogs hauling researchers and their equipment over the rapidly melting ice sheet last Thursday when it was covered in a layer of water due to surface cracks.
Steffen Olsen, of the Danish Meteorological Institute, tweeted: 'Communities in Greenland rely on the sea ice for transport, hunting and fishing.
