| Hutchinson Glacier | |
|---|---|
| Hutchinson Gletscher | |
Crown Prince Frederick Range map section with the Hutchinson Glacier in the northeast | |
  Location within Greenland | |
| Location | Sermersooq, Greenland |
| Coordinates | 68°7′N32°55′W / 68.117°N 32.917°W Coordinates: 68°7′N32°55′W / 68.117°N 32.917°W |
| Terminus | Kangerlussuaq Fjord, North Atlantic Ocean |
The Hutchinson Glacier (Danish : Hutchinson Gletscher) is a large active glacier on the east coast of the Greenland ice sheet. [1]
Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in Denmark and in the region of Southern Schleswig in northern Germany, where it has minority language status. Also, minor Danish-speaking communities are found in Norway, Sweden, Spain, the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Argentina. Due to immigration and language shift in urban areas, around 15–20% of the population of Greenland speak Danish as their first language.
A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight; it forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. Glaciers slowly deform and flow due to stresses induced by their weight, creating crevasses, seracs, and other distinguishing features. They also abrade rock and debris from their substrate to create landforms such as cirques and moraines. Glaciers form only on land and are distinct from the much thinner sea ice and lake ice that form on the surface of bodies of water.
The Greenland ice sheet is a vast body of ice covering 1,710,000 square kilometres (660,000 sq mi), roughly 80% of the surface of Greenland.
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This glacier was named after American aviator George R. Hutchinson who crash-landed and was stranded in the area in 1932 during an attempted around-the-world flight with his family and was rescued and brought to Ammasalik by a fishing trawler. [2]
Colonel George R. Hutchinson was an American aviator and media personality of the 1930s.
