My OperaPart III - Hiking Ilulissat and a favourite photo
Wednesday, October 1, 2008 2:06:10 AM
Hi All,
This Duploworld update is Part III of my Greenlandic Summer adventures and will primarily be on hiking the Ilulissat area, it will also include one of my all time favourite photos.
Hiking in solitude?
Hiking the Ilulissat area was a different experience from what I have come to know from Nuuk.
Mostly due to the high amount of visitors and hikers. In an attempt to preserve the nature, 3 marked routes has been established and any hiking is confined to these 3 paths.
It took away one aspect of hiking that I truly adore, the unmarked terrain and the feeling of being "on my own" in nature. However whatever was taken away hiking a well trotten path, was made up for by the visual impact of the outlet from the Ilulissat Icefiord.
The Icefiord
Above is an atempt to show the size of this place. Now there is actually a fishing boat in it as well, do you see it?
If not go take a look HERE
See it now?
This place is huge and so ice the icebergs floating here. taking in the grand vistas and extremely beautiful nature was a simply amazing. Walking along this huge fiord and equally huge Icebergs really set things in perspective. SOmetime being in this huge nature is a great help reminding me of the vastness and rough beauty of mother nature.
Lunch by the Icefiord
Having followed the icefiord for a while we decided to break for lunch and found a rock (which obviously was pretty easy
)well elevated over the icefiord.
Just sitting there with my brother enjoying our humble lunch of blackbread and cheese was a lot more amazing than it sounds and I dare say that it was probably one of the best lunches I have had in quite a while.
And just as we were about to resume the hike, we hear a strange sound, not the loud almost thundering sound of ice against ice, but a swooshy sound far closer to shore...
A humpback whale in the Icefiord
Two humpback whales were slowly making their way up the icefiord. The photo above serve as a pale documentary shot, the actual experience of whatching th two whale making their way up the icefiord left the both of us speachless and we spend another half an hour just whale watching. Not bad for a lunch I think
Form here we set our route past a native settlement and back into town, just in time for dinner at a local café.
A well deserved one I would like to think, It was a long day of hiking, but also a very beautiful day.
Now rounding off this post is what perhaps is my favourite photo from the trip. So without further Adoo.
Rock - Ice - Water
Coming up soon is part IV, which includes the first of 2 visits to the Greenlandic Inland Ice and a calving glacier.
Thanks for reading and do take care
Thomas
This Duploworld update is Part III of my Greenlandic Summer adventures and will primarily be on hiking the Ilulissat area, it will also include one of my all time favourite photos.
Hiking in solitude?
Hiking the Ilulissat area was a different experience from what I have come to know from Nuuk.
Mostly due to the high amount of visitors and hikers. In an attempt to preserve the nature, 3 marked routes has been established and any hiking is confined to these 3 paths.
It took away one aspect of hiking that I truly adore, the unmarked terrain and the feeling of being "on my own" in nature. However whatever was taken away hiking a well trotten path, was made up for by the visual impact of the outlet from the Ilulissat Icefiord.
The Icefiord
Above is an atempt to show the size of this place. Now there is actually a fishing boat in it as well, do you see it?
If not go take a look HERE
See it now?
This place is huge and so ice the icebergs floating here. taking in the grand vistas and extremely beautiful nature was a simply amazing. Walking along this huge fiord and equally huge Icebergs really set things in perspective. SOmetime being in this huge nature is a great help reminding me of the vastness and rough beauty of mother nature.
Lunch by the Icefiord
Having followed the icefiord for a while we decided to break for lunch and found a rock (which obviously was pretty easy
)well elevated over the icefiord.Just sitting there with my brother enjoying our humble lunch of blackbread and cheese was a lot more amazing than it sounds and I dare say that it was probably one of the best lunches I have had in quite a while.
And just as we were about to resume the hike, we hear a strange sound, not the loud almost thundering sound of ice against ice, but a swooshy sound far closer to shore...
A humpback whale in the Icefiord
Two humpback whales were slowly making their way up the icefiord. The photo above serve as a pale documentary shot, the actual experience of whatching th two whale making their way up the icefiord left the both of us speachless and we spend another half an hour just whale watching. Not bad for a lunch I think
Form here we set our route past a native settlement and back into town, just in time for dinner at a local café.
A well deserved one I would like to think, It was a long day of hiking, but also a very beautiful day.
Now rounding off this post is what perhaps is my favourite photo from the trip. So without further Adoo.
Rock - Ice - Water
Coming up soon is part IV, which includes the first of 2 visits to the Greenlandic Inland Ice and a calving glacier.
Thanks for reading and do take care
Thomas
NeilUkwildlife # Wednesday, October 1, 2008 7:49:29 AM
great photos
Peter Battypjbatty # Wednesday, October 1, 2008 1:23:16 PM
Sansanshan # Wednesday, October 1, 2008 3:37:56 PM
Allanricewood # Wednesday, October 1, 2008 3:48:28 PM
Andy WilsonDudley # Wednesday, October 1, 2008 4:29:52 PM
Uncle MickMickeyjoe-Irl # Wednesday, October 1, 2008 8:40:47 PM
Asgeirmisund007 # Wednesday, October 1, 2008 9:46:16 PM
Is this ice coming down from the north pole?
Thomas Bojer EltorpDuplo # Wednesday, October 1, 2008 10:39:11 PM
Probably a view fit for a price in the competion of all time favourite lunchviews
Thank you PJ
It is probably my favourite shot from the trip, along with a handful of other shots it makes for some of the better photography I have done this year.
Well the whale safaris arranged in Nuuk are able to spot whales on pretty much every single trip during the summer. SO it is a convenient place to see whales up close. The two lunch humpbacks was a matter of luck, as it is not natural for whale to seek towards the glaciers IIRC.
Thank you Sandy
Actually we just sat there speachless... it is not exactly my backyard, but definitely within reach.
Thank you Allan
Glad to see the 3 letters again.
Thank you Andy
Thanks Mickey J,
Yes but would be kin of sad to faint with such a view would it not
Thanks Asgeir.
Yep the sheer size of these is what makes them so amazing.
No these comes from the worlds largest glacier located just south of Ilulissat.
The Icebergs are excess ice from the Greenlandic Inland ice forced into the ocaen by the sheer weight of the Indland Ice itself.
Uncle MickMickeyjoe-Irl # Wednesday, October 1, 2008 10:49:28 PM
Thomas Bojer EltorpDuplo # Wednesday, October 1, 2008 10:59:29 PM
Wakajawaka # Saturday, October 4, 2008 12:43:46 AM
If ever you decide to give up your life of endless meetings and project management stuff........
You are a born photographer!!
Words # Saturday, October 4, 2008 12:57:16 PM
Thomas Bojer EltorpDuplo # Saturday, October 4, 2008 1:34:40 PM
You are too kind, but I really do appreciate your compliments
Thank you Words
That last photo means a lot to me, appreciate you liking it.
hungryghost # Friday, October 17, 2008 5:13:42 AM
Thomas Bojer EltorpDuplo # Friday, October 17, 2008 8:26:12 PM
Chthoniidchthoniid # Sunday, November 2, 2008 9:36:28 PM
I really like Rock - Ice - Water. The textures, colours and foreground interest has created a magical image. So where do we order the prints
Thomas Bojer EltorpDuplo # Monday, November 3, 2008 3:03:37 AM
That shot is one of the clear favourites from the trip... currently debating between 40x60 and 60x90 for a wall print...
That kind of discussion is not allowed in here... My gallerypage is where that kind of questions should be asked