New island discovered by accident

A TEAM of Arctic researchers say they have accidentally discovered what they believe is the world’s northernmost island, off the coast of Greenland.

The scientists from the University of Copenhagen initially thought they had arrived at Oodaaq, an island discovered by a Danish survey team in 1978, to collect samples. They instead wound up on an undiscovered island further north.

The yet-to-be-named island is 780 metres (850 yards) north of Oodaaq, an island off Cape Morris Jesup, the northernmost point of Greenland.

It was apparently discovered as a result of shifting pack ice, but the research team does not consider the discovery to be a result of climate change.