Greenland - 4 - Icebergs

15-22 August 2025

Nothing spoke Greenland to us like icebergs. In Sermilik Fjord most of the giant icebergs calved off the Helheim Glacier, in Helheim Fjord at the north end of Sermilik Fjord.

Only 1/10 of the mass of the iceberg is above water, so there's an immense below-water part that is pretty much invisible. With large icebergs, smaller pieces falling off can be a hazard. With smaller icebergs there is the danger of the whole iceberg rotating vertically in the water as melting changed the center of gravity. I saw one iceberg turn over on our walk to Kulusuk town.

It is a challenge to choose which icebergs to feature - I have a couple of hundred iceberg pix!

18 August

20 August

It was amazing to see how an iceberg could seem totally different on each side. This is the same iceberg as in the previous photo.

21 August

The view from Base Camp to Sermilik Fjord. The large iceberg in the middle of the photo is the same one that appeared to block our way up the fjord the day before.

22 August

This iceberg at Kulusuk looked like a Viking ship.

15 August

An iceberg in the bay at Tasiilaq.

Sometimes a wrong command in Photoshop can give an unexpected persepective. This is the same  photo as above, but given the "Inverse" command, it now looks like a floating piece of rock with a red glow of lava below. More appropriate for Iceland, I suppose.