Greenland Photo Tour flyer PDF

Southwest Greenland best place in the world to see magnificent icebergs, and it certainly offers the easiest access. Several glaciers flow from the Greenland Icesheet into a narrow channel near Ilulissat to create the Icefjord, the greatest concentration of icebergs in the world and a World Heritage site. The Jakobshavn Glacier, the fastest moving in the Northern Hemisphere, slips into the sea at a rate of up to 35 m per day, but it is retreating up the channel even faster. This grand procession of icebergs will come to an end in this generation. In midsummer so much meltwater covers the ice sheet itself that travel on foot becomes nearly impossible. The surface lakes can be miles across and the rivers that form are too deep and swift to ford. This is ground zero for global warming.

We will explore the grandest scenery of the South-west of Greenland, from the ice-filled fjords to the Icesheet itself, second only to the Antarctic Icesheet in size. We will photograph from the shore and take a midnight cruise to the terminus of the Icefjord when Western light illuminates the ice and its ever-changing forms. We fly by helicopter to the Jakobshavn Glacier (weather permitting) to witness calving and to marvel at a newly revealed landscape.

OUR JOURNEY

Our adventure begins when we land at Kangerlussuaq, site of a World War II US airbase. A crude road follows a melt water stream to the ice sheet where we can photograph crevasses, seracs, and other glacial features. Along the way you’re likely to see a herd of musk ox and perhaps an arctic fox. The following day a one-hour flight takes us to Ilulissat and our comfortable hotel, the Arctic, where icebergs are usually visible from the rooms.

After several days in Ilulissat, we board a boat to the Eqi Glacier, another ice stream slipping into a fiord. Here we can photograph at leisure from the comfort of Ice Camp Eqi Lodge, a small assemblage of snug cabins complemented by a cookhouse that serves surprisingly excellent meals. We can wander around the tundra in the late afternoon and early morning before returning to Ilulissat the following day. We will take the boat as close as we can to shoot calving ice and stop at an Inuit village enroute to town. With luck we will see blue or humpback whales in these waters. The following day we return to Kangerlussuaq where participants can continue on to Reykjavik or Copenhagan.

ITINERARY
August 8-14, 2012

Day 1 - August 8: Arrive at Kangerlussuaq.

Day 2 - August 9: Excursion to the Russell Glacier and the edge of the Greenland Ice Sheet.

Day 3 - August 10: Fly to Ilulissat. Fly by helicopter today or tomorrow to the Jakobshavn glacier and the ice sheet today, tomorrow, weather permitting. Walk to the Ice Fjord, a World Heritage site, at sunset.

Day 4 - August 11: Shoot in and around Ilulissat and the Ice Fjord. Explore the ice terminus by boat at dusk.

Day 5 - August 12: Cruise to Ice Camp Eqi. Shoot the tundra landscape and the glacier.

Day 6 - August 13: Photograph the calving terminus of the Eqi Glacier from the boat. Enroute to Ilulissat, stop at a colorful Inuit village.

Day 7 - August 14: Return to Kangerlussuaq.

REGISTRATION

Contact Jennifer in the contact tab and request a registration form. To register, fill out the registration form and send in.

COST

Cost: $3,605 double occupancy. For direct payment inquire: $3495.

ACCOMMODATIONS

All accommodations are included except a day before of after the tour. Due to the limited facilities, rooms are double occupancy. We will pair you with another participant. All ground transportation is included as well as the boat ride, helicopter flight and plane to Ilulissat.

PHOTO TOUR LIMIT

This tour is limited to 8 participants. We work with each photographer individually and as a group to enhance photography skills and mastery of the equipment.

QUESTIONS & INFORMATION

Please use the contact page to email Jennifer or call (916) 690-6251.


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