• My first view of the larger icebergs.
    Looking back towards Illulisatt.Everywhere you looked the scene was strewn with icebergs.We didn't have to walk far from the town.

    An Evening Walk

    June 21, 2023 in Greenland ⋅ ☁️ 1 °C

    Having discovered our rooms and sorted ourselves out we then went out with our cameras. Our first stop was for something to eat and drink then we walked to the southern end of the town, down to a wooden stairway. This took us up onto the granite rocks where we could then walk along the coast, following yellow markers.

    It was only now that we could all appreciate the scale of things. Yes, there were normal sized icebergs, if you know what I mean, but there were impressively masssive ones too and as I looked southwards they were so big they looked like mountains to my eyes. Clearly they weren't as big as that in reality, but they were huge and did look exactly like a mountain range.

    When we first arrived at a suitable location to stop and take photos, pretty much everyone wondered how on earth you could photograph what lay before us and do it justice. This was going to be hard.
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