15-22 August 2025
In the morning of our last day in Greenland we had the opportunity to take a glacier walk near Kulusuk. For most of us, this was our first experience with crampons. (Crampons are strapped to your hiking boots and provide metal spikes to help with footing on ice.)
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| The glacier was a short (20 minute) boat ride from Kulusuk. Our first challenge was to climb a short, but steep slope up to a landing where we could put on our gear. We had a rope to assist us on the climb. |
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| The glacier was shrouded in fog. |
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| For me, the highlight of the trip was a visit to an ice cave at the edge of the glacier. |
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| Inside the ice cave. |
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| Ice cave. |
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| Looking back at the entrance. |
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| The entrance to the ice cave is very unassuming. |
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| The fog was beginning to lift as we started our return to the boat meeting point. |
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| The edge of the glacier that we walked up - it's not very white! And a background mountain appeared as the fog lifted. |
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| One of our boats coming to pick us up - and a moored sailboat. |
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| And, of course, we had to descend the steep slope again - the rope was far more useful going down than climbing up. Even with the help of the rope, I slipped and fell twice. |
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