Is it true that Greenland was significantly thawed in the early 20th Century?

Question

If this is true, it has heavy implications about the world.

Answer 1

No, not in the early 20th century. Greenland was, however, sufficiently thawed in the 10th and 11th centuries for the Vikings to settle there. Then we had the 'little ice age' and it froze up again. How often this is forgotten by the doom and gloom merchants preaching that mankind is solely responsible for 'global warming' There have been climate fluctuations throughout recorded history and before. The Romans grew grapes successfully in Northern England!

Answer 2

Yes, there was an airbase there in the World War II era, and some of the planes ended up stuck into the middle of a glacier, since the ice built up so quickly at points.

Gotta' watch out for that "global warming." You never know when a freak glacier might pop up...

EDIT

Wow, that's a reputable source, a website with the name "treehugger..."

Answer 3

Unfortunately, Yes and the situation is worsening. According to an article written on 12/12/07: Konrad Steffen of the University of Colorado, Boulder, painted a grim picture of Greenland's current state, describing the amount of ice it lost over the past year as "the equivalent of two times all the ice in the Alps or a layer of water more than one-half-mile deep covering Washington, D.C."