A team of Arctic researchers believe they have stumbled across the world's most northerly island. The Danish scientists had been meaning to fly to Oodaaq, which lies off the northern coast of Greenland, and previously held the title of northernmost island. Expedition leader Morten Rasch, from the University of Copenhagen, said: 'We were convinced that the island we were standing on was Oodaaq, which until then was registered as the world's northernmost island. The team hope to name it Qeqertaq Avannarleq – Greenlandic for 'the northernmost island'. They added that the island may soon disappear when another storm hits.

Source: Daily Mail August 30, 2021 00:33 UTC