Ilulissat: From Sea & Land

Hello again, Ilulissat!

Once known as Jakobshavn in Danish, this third largest town in Greenland (with a population under 4,500) is a favorite of ours. And not just because it’s home to one of the most amazing UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the world. In fact, the name of this city, located north of the Arctic Circle, fittingly means icebergs in Greenlandic.

I’ll get to the ice and iceberg portion of our day in the next footprint (though I do have a couple iceberg shots in this one as well). For now, let’s check out glimpses of this colorful community from sea and from land.

(As interlopers — remember, we weren’t supposed to be in this part of Greenland today — we shared Ilulissat with Silver Sea Expeditions’ Silver Wind. It didn’t matter that there was another ship in town because Mui and I did not encounter any of those passengers. I was, in fact, happy to have another expedition vessel provide perspective on the size of the bergs just off the Ilulissat shoreline … it’s not often that I get a chance to do so … photo #2.)Read more