Galloping glacier

From our camp at the fjord we took a trip to the glacier that is responsible for carving out the flord. Apperantly the gletsjer moves 100 meter per day, earning it the name of 'Galloping glacier'. After a couple of hours of walking a huge icemass peeped around a bend in the fjord. But no matter how we tried, the gletsjer didn't come any closer.

[ the clean air and the scale of things makes everything appear closer... ]

In the end we decided that the glacier was to far out to reach and headed back to our camp. It would have taken at least another two hours to reach it, and those kilomteres also needed to be walked back.

The unreachable glacier...

One of the benefits of Greenland is that it is very clean. There is no pollution (no industry) and you are able to drink the water straight from one of the many meltwater steams.

Very cool and fresh water...

Although you do not need to carry any water with you, there is nothing edible to find.

[ unless you like reindeer moss or can live on tiny blue berries... ]

This means you need to carry all the food with you that you are going to eat. A weight that slowly gets less every day...

>> Next day