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Dear All,

It has been so long that I barely remember when my last post was, I can however see from the lat one that it has been almost a year and a half without a post and with me disappearing without notice.

For that I owe you all an apology, the reason is however simple, life kept me up and I kept promising myself that tomorrow I would be back posting again, it just never happened. I was burned out. And as i was about to get ready to get back in, Allan passed away. I simply needed time away, but again doing so without letting anyone know was not fair at all.

But to answer some of the very basic questions, then i am still in Greenland, still travelling more than I would want to and still having a profound passion for photography.


This post holds both good and bad news I guess.
The blog here will stay on hold, however I will start blogging again, but I also need a fresh start.
Thus this blog is at least for a little while longer inactive, it will however remain online as I cherish the many comments and exchanges that has happened here.

For now you will be able to find me here: the new dupl0world

A sincere thank you to all of you for your concerns and my apologies for just wandering off.

Thomas:)

Hi All,

And welcome to a hopefully long awaited Duploworld update.

I have been away for quite some time again, not necessarily because I wanted to, but the real world has been keeping me so busy that updating this blog has been difficult.

Fair to say though that since my last post, my life has been turned upside down, pulled inside out and I am currently feeling better than I have done in years

A large part of that reason actually grew from my visit to the peak of Sermitsiak, but I will save that particular story for another day

I have been hiking extensively, travelling both in Greenland and an extremely beautiful part of the US, not to mentioned passed over Denmark a few times, so I have been a busy and happy boy for a couple of months now

The US story and the trips to Deer Prong Mountain and Qingaaq, I will save for another post later this week, The focus of this post will be to share a round of summer photos and stories from the very beautiful Ilulissat.

The most beautiful place in the world?

Ilulissat, may or may not be the most beuatiful places in the world, but The Icefiord, where above image was captured, sure must be among them.
It has recently been included on UNESCO's world heritage list and that fact alone tells a lot about the unique nature of this place and the stunning beauty which can be experienced here.
Golden Ice

A visit to this area during daylight, impressive as it is, is nothing compared to what happens here when the last days of the midnight sun, starts its game during night.
It gave me a whole new meaning to the term "Golden hour", here it is a powerful and 2-3 hour long experience where colours are changing rapidly in an aboslutely amazing display.
Iceberg

I have never made a secret out of my fascination with this area of Greenland and each new visit seems to bring with it a better understanding of its truly unique nature and stunning light.
Summer is a fantastic season to experience this area, as is winter, autumn or spring.
Amazingly enough there is so much more to this area than shown above....
Fin Whale

Another popular sport is whale whatching, there are an abundance of different whales up along the Greenlandic Coast. the Fin Whale shown above (estimated to a little over 20 meters by the captain) is somewhat rare to see and extremely fast. from a visual point of view it is impressive, but not as fun as the humpbacks, as it rarely shows its tail. But an amazing experience none the less.
Oqaatsut (rodebay)

Oqaatsut is a small settlement a couple of hours (by boat) North of Ilulissat and having the chance to stop by there was an interesting experience, save for it being an odd location for a gourmet lounch restaurant during summer, it is a native fishing and hunting comunity and probably one of the most relaxed places I have ever been.
By the soccer field

The people living here, lives by the hand of nature, hunting and fishing from either boat or dog sled.
It is a settlement so small that no roads exist, there are small trials from the harbour to the houses and dog yards, but aside from that it is basically a small number of woodenhouses situated in the middle of nothing but amazing Greenlandic nature and the Disco Bay.
Nattoralik, by Sermeq Kujalleq

Sermeq Kujalleq or the Icefiord Glacier, is a stunning and dangerous place.
Only way to get there is by helicopter and the ride in there is an experience that I am not likely to forget ever, a truly stunning display.
It is however a glacier that one does not want to walk. more than 7 kilometers wide and moving at a speed of 20 meters per day, means that Sermeq Kujalleq calves off approx. 20 million tons of ice daily and makes it responsible not only for all the icebergs in the icefiord, but also 10 percent of all the icebergs in Greenland.
Sermeq Kujalleq

To understand the kind of force it takes to move all that ice is almost impossible to comprehend, and the endless view amazing. the photo above really does give no clue to the size, but i was simply unable to find a way to display its massive size and beauty.
What an experience it was though:)

Well that comcludes some of the impressions from the trip to Ilulissat.
I am in the process of updating the "Greenlandic Summer Photos 2009" album with a bunch of images as this post hits the blog, so go there if you have not had enough already.

an unusual iceberg

Above is th final image in this post and with that I will head for some sleep.
More posts to come over the next days, both from "Deer Prong Mountain", "Qingaaq" (another mountain) and my trip to the US. So do stay tuned for more in the days to come.

Thank you for reading and do take care:)

Thomas

Hi All,

And welcome to yet another Duploworld update.

Ohh yeah, it has been a busy couple of weeks and I do not really know where to start, so much has been going on and so much to tell.
As usual with me, it involves either travelling or outdoor fun, but this time there is a few fun twists.

IBB graduate

This beautiful young girl graduated from IBB in Copenhagen, I had the pleasure to spend a load of time with her, including an hour worth of photography. I am rather proud of my wonderful sister.
She delivered a very very nice set of results during her final exams.
It was good fun to see her enjoy all the graduation parties that are a tradition in Denmark
London

Is such an amazing city, I simply love when I get the chance to go back there and take in the atmosphere.
Well a lot of the time was spend working, but I did manage to sneak in a few hours of photography, not to mention a dinner and beer with a good friend
Things does not get much better than that I think
Inspiration

The photo above kind of dropped out of nowhere while in london, Our well know master photog Allan and another master photog named Godfrey are two people that has served as my inspiration when doing photography like this and what i did in New York last time I was there, thus I think it is only apropriate to mention them here:)
Anyway I had a ball of a time and the weather was very unlike London sunny and super warm

A few more photos can be found in the "Europe 2009" gallery.
By the waterfalls

Well comming back to Greenland after a stay in warm and sunny Wurope turned out to quite a shoch at first 5 degrees, lots of snow in the mountains still, foggy all over and generally not very fun, however up to the weekend things cleared up
Sun came through and Sunday I had an amazing hike with a friend.
The area between the two closest mountains are loaded with waterfalls as the meting water is litterally thundering down from the mountains, quite a nice area, even though one has to be pretty careful to avoid getting a very chilly swim
Waterfalls

Above is another set of smaller waterfalls that we passed and that was good fun to be around, though the rocks in the water are extremely slippery, so a bit of care has to be taken, when taking photography gear out into the water

Last words from me this time around; I have heard rumours that we are going to attempt reaching the peak of the local trademark Sermitsiak, something tells me that it will be fun

Thanks for reading and do take care

Thomas

Hi All,

A very prief Duploworld update, I am more or less on my way out the door, boat leaves in an hour or so
None the less i promised a few additional photos from the last trip, so here goes, this time around i think I will let the photos speak for themselves, they are pretty common to what one can expect from a trip to the Disco Bay area

The tip of the iceberg

Footprints

The Icefiord

Dog slep pup on adventure

Dog sled pup with a snack


Thanks for looking and do take care

I am off on another adventure... Ohh and only about halfway through the pictures from the last adventure, so lots more to come:)

Thomas