Gudrun's photos with the keyword: Ilulissat

Plenty of humpbacks on our evening tour with a small boat whc.unesco.org/en/list/1149 Oops, that one must have dived underneath our boat, it came up right beside us- no time to adjust my lens...

Parts of this iceberg look ready to break off any time whc.unesco.org/en/list/1149

The beginning if the end for this iceberg, water action hollowing out the base, first cracks.... whc.unesco.org/en/list/1149

The huge icebergs at Ilulissat come from Sermeq Kujalleq glacier, 40km inland. They travel down Ilulissat Icefjord until they get stopped by an underwater moraine barrier at the end of the fjord. There they break apart and start floating into Disko Bay until they melt away. whc.unesco.org/en/list/1149

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As the coastal ferry through Disko Bay gets nearer to Ilulissat, MS Sarfaq Ittuk has to wind her way through ever more icebergs. The ship is strengthened for ice conditions, small chunks of ice she meets head on, larger bergs she avoids. The PiP shows the bow of MS Sarfaq Ittuk with the traces of various "meetings" with obstacles;-)

Greenlandic sled dogs are no pets, this is a working environment! All dogs are chained except for the puppies and sleddog areas are usually signposted. Tourists trying to get too near risk being bitten (you'd better have a rabies shot) and often get foul mouthed comments from locals.

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The only icebear we saw in Greenland, a sculpture;-) There are plenty of icebears in Greenland but they live in the high north and in the east in vast and mostly unpopulated areas. The ones that occasionally appear in the west have come a long way, are old/sick and are hungry and dangerous. During our stay in Ilulissat one was seen in Aasiat, a town further south in Disko Bay. People stayed in their houses and the Ilulissat icebear hunter was speedily dispatched by helicopter to shoot the bear.

Among the icebergs of Disko Bay

Smaller bits of ice from Sermeq Kujalleq glacier often make it into the narrow harbour of Ilulissat.

Qeqertarsuaq (Disko Island) in sunset light

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