Eqi Glacier

Today involves a two hour boat trip to the Eqi glacier north of Illulisatt and opposite a settlement called Arsivik, not that we were anywhere near that or could even see it, but you might be able to find it on Google Maps. Once again we were in a fast boat, but it still took two hours to get there.

This glacier is apparently the fastest calving glacier in the world so we were hoping to see another calving but maybe not so up front and personal as before. The trip there was straightforward and relatively clear of icebergs, compared to where we had been, but once we neared the glacier the sea was full of ice. We were surrounded by it in fact so the boat had to push its way through to get as close as it could. When we could go no further we were still over 800m from the ice wall.

I've taken video here and as I can only post one video per footprint so I've split this so you can see what I've taken. The videos give a much better idea of what we were experiencing.Read more