Greenland's otherworldly landscape

Calved icebergs from the nearby Twin Glaciers are seen floating on the water in Qaqortoq, Greenland, July 30, 2013.

A glacier is seen in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, July 13, 2013.

A full moon is seen over an iceberg that broke off from the Jakobshavn Glacier in Ilulissat, Greenland, July 23, 2013.

Icebergs that broke off from the Jakobshavn Glacier are seen floating in the water as the sun reaches its lowest point of the day in Ilulissat, Greenland, July 23, 2013.

The top of a glacier peeks through low clouds in Ilulissat, July 24, 2013.

Water is seen on part of the glacial ice sheet that covers about 80 percent of Greenland, July 17, 2013.

A full moon is seen over an iceberg that broke off from the Jakobshavn Glacier in Ilulissat, July 23, 2013.

A barren landscape is seen near Qaqortoq, Greenland, July 30, 2013.

Seagulls float on the water near icebergs that broke off from the Jakobshavn Glacier in Ilulissat, July 22, 2013.

An iceberg that broke off from the Jakobshavn Glacier floats through the water in Ilulissat, July 21, 2013.

A full moon is seen over icebergs that broke off from the Jakobshavn Glacier in Ilulissat, July 23, 2013.

A fishing boat navigates past icebergs that broke off from the Jakobshavn Glacier in Ilulissat, July 23, 2013.

Sarah Das from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution walks though a surface meltwater lake on the Glacial Ice Sheet, Greenland, July 16, 2013.

The surface of the glacier is seen in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, July 10, 2013.

Icebergs that broke off from the Jakobshavn Glacier are seen floating in the water in Ilulissat, Greenland, July 23, 2013.

Part of the glacial ice sheet that covers about 80 percent of Greenland, July 17, 2013.

Water is seen on part of the glacial ice sheet that covers about 80 percent of the Greenland, July 17, 2013.

Homes are seen against the backdrop of mountains in Nuuk, Greenland, July 28, 2013. Nuuk is the capital of the country of about 56,000 people.

Seagulls sit on an iceberg in Ilulissat, Greenland, July 22, 2013.

A river flows near Qaqortoq, Greenland, July 30, 2013.

Calved icebergs from the nearby Twin Glaciers are seen floating on the water in Qaqortoq, Greenland, July 30, 2013.

The fluke of a whale is seen as it swims near Nuuk, Greenland, July 27, 2013.

Calved icebergs from the nearby Twin Glaciers are seen floating on the water in Qaqortoq, Greenland, July 30, 2013.