Helheim Glacier is a glacier in the Sermersooq municipality, Eastern Greenland.
This glacier's name is derived from "Helheim", a modern term for a world of the dead in Old Norse religion: Hel.
Geography The Helheim Glacier is located on the eastern side of the Greenland ice sheet. It is one of Greenland's largest outlet glaciers. Ekström, G., M. Nettles, and V. C. Tsai (2006)"Seasonality and Increasing Frequency of Greenland Glacial Earthquakes", Science, 311, 5768, 1756–1758, http://people.deas.harvard.edu/~vtsai/files/TsaiEkstrom_JGR2007.pdf|Tsai, V. C. and G. Ekström (2007). "Analysis of Glacial Earthquakes", J. Geophys. Res., 112, F03S22, It flows roughly in an ESE direction and feeds the waters of the Helheim Fjord, a branch at the northern end of the Sermilik () system, where there are a number of other glaciers calving and discharging at rapid rates such as the Fenris and the Midgard Glacier.
Retreat Helheim Glacier accelerated from per year in 2000 to per year in 2005. Like many of Greenland's outlet glaciers, it is a common site where glacial earthquakes are monitored.
See also List of glaciers in Greenland
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Glaciers Not On Simple, Upward Trend Of Melting sciencedaily.com, Feb. 21, 2007 "Two of Greenland's largest glaciers (Kangerdlugssuaq and Helheim) shrank dramatically ... between 2004 and 2005. And then, less than two years later, they returned to near their previous rates of discharge. Ice flow in Greenland for the International Polar Year 2008/2009 Video of the Week: Massive Calving Event at Helheim Glacier: Arley Titzler, GlacierHub