Table of Contents

Preface; Ilulissat Icefjord - A Unique Natural Phenomenon; Science Born at the Inland Ice and the Icefjord; The Inland Ice and Glaciology; The Land Below and Around the Ice; Climate, Darkness and Light; The Nutrient-Rich Icefjord -- and the Profusion of Life; The Land of the 'Icefjord People'; Supplementary Reading; Epilogue.