A team of Arctic researchers from Denmark say they accidentally discovered what they believe is the world’s northernmost island. Northernmost is a term that means farthest to the north. The island is located off of Greenland’s coast. At first, the scientists from the University of Copenhagen thought they had arrived at Oodaaq, an island discovered in 1978. They arrived, instead, on an undiscovered island farther north. Morten Rasch was the group’s leader. “We were convinced that the island we were standing on was Oodaaq, which until then was registered as the world’s northernmost island,” he said. Registered is a term that means to be part of an official list. In a statement, Rasch explained “When I posted photos of the island and its coordinates on social media, a number of American island hunters went crazy and said that it couldn’t be true.” “Island hunters” are adventurers who enjoy searching for unknown islands. The yet-to-be-named island is 780 meters north of Oodaaq, an island off Cape Morris Jesup, the northernmost point of Greenland and one of the most northerly points of land on Earth. The island was discovered as a result of moving ice. It is about 30 by 60 meters in size and rises to about three to four meters above sea level, the university said. The research team reportedly does not consider the discovery to be a result of climate change. Rasch said the island has small, raised areas of soil and rocks. He said it may be the result of a major storm that, with the help of the sea, slowly pushed material from the seabed together until an island formed. The island is not expected to exist a long time, Danish researchers believe. “No one knows how long it will remain... it could disappear as soon as a powerful new storm hits,” Rasch said.
Title: Researchers Discover World's Northernmost Island
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5307/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Researchers Discover World's Northernmost Island' data-article-id='5861'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11833'>A team of Arctic researchers from Denmark say they accidentally discovered what they believe is the world’s northernmost island. </span> <span data-start-time='11833' data-end-time='17250'>Northernmost is a term that means farthest to the north.</span> <span data-start-time='17250' data-end-time='21750'>The island is located off of Greenland’s coast.</span> <span data-start-time='21750' data-end-time='34354'>At first, the scientists from the University of Copenhagen thought they had arrived at Oodaaq, an island discovered in 1978.</span> <span data-start-time='34354' data-end-time='41563'>They arrived, instead, on an undiscovered island farther north.</span> <span data-start-time='41563' data-end-time='45104'>Morten Rasch was the group’s leader.</span> <span data-start-time='45104' data-end-time='57042'>“We were convinced that the island we were standing on was Oodaaq, which until then was registered as the world’s northernmost island,” he said.</span> <span data-start-time='57042' data-end-time='63604'>Registered is a term that means to be part of an official list.</span> <span data-start-time='63604' data-end-time='79396'>In a statement, Rasch explained “When I posted photos of the island and its coordinates on social media, a number of American island hunters went crazy and said that it couldn’t be true.”</span> <span data-start-time='79396' data-end-time='87438'>“Island hunters” are adventurers who enjoy searching for unknown islands.</span> <span data-start-time='87438' data-end-time='104542'>The yet-to-be-named island is 780 meters north of Oodaaq, an island off Cape Morris Jesup, the northernmost point of Greenland and one of the most northerly points of land on Earth.</span> <span data-start-time='104542' data-end-time='109583'>The island was discovered as a result of moving ice. </span> <span data-start-time='109583' data-end-time='120875'>It is about 30 by 60 meters in size and rises to about three to four meters above sea level, the university said. </span> <span data-start-time='120875' data-end-time='129188'>The research team reportedly does not consider the discovery to be a result of climate change.</span> <span data-start-time='129188' data-end-time='135750'>Rasch said the island has small, raised areas of soil and rocks. </span> <span data-start-time='135750' data-end-time='148938'>He said it may be the result of a major storm that, with the help of the sea, slowly pushed material from the seabed together until an island formed. </span> <span data-start-time='148938' data-end-time='155500'>The island is not expected to exist a long time, Danish researchers believe.</span> <span data-start-time='155500' data-end-time='164896'>“No one knows how long it will remain... it could disappear as soon as a powerful new storm hits,” Rasch said.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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