
Arrival in Kulusuk
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Tasiilaq harbour
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Sledge dog in Tasiilaq |

Tasiilaq |

dried fish |
Tasiilaq |

mist rising from cold seawater
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mountains around Tasiilaq |

Tasiilaq cemetery |

climbing Somandsfjeldet
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View to Polhems Fjeld with Tasiilaq below |

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drift ice on the sea limits our rubber boat plans |

Polhems Fjeld at sunset |

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midnight colors |

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midnight colors
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container supply is possible in summertime only |

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our camp at the north side of the bay |

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Polhems Fjeld seen from W |

colors at sunset |

view back to Tasiilaq bay while climbing in the Vegas range |

Vegas Fjeld seen from neighbouring summit |

view to inland ice
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climbing partner Manfred at the summit |

Polhems Fjeld |

on the way to Qernertivartivit |
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campsite near Kuummiit |

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evening light |

flowers in arctic summer |

meltpond colors |

ptarmigan |

passing shower |

fragile iceberg |

midnight light |

morning view |

starting to the next fjord |

typical mosquito menace in arctic summer, here inside my tent |

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the climate does allow only cm sized 'trees' |

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passing icebergs |

house sized iceberg |

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boating between icebergs |

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Inuits when fishing |

on the way to the next campsite |

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climbing a summit at the beginning of Kuua valley |

summit view down to the fjord we came |

higher mountains to the east |

view to N into the Kuua valley |

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me at the summit |

glaciated peaks around |

glaciated peaks around |

glaciated peaks around |

our campsite is at the coastline near to the end of the riverdelta |

campsite view |

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1400m high peak in evening light |

view back to the summit climbed yesterday (images above) |

Manfred in front of the Kuua valley |

Kuua valley with '3 sisters' mountainrange behind |

Manfred when rivercrossing |

abundant flowering in the valleys |

famous mirroring in early morning when winds are calm |

mirroring of the 3 sisters range |

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our campsite |

bizarre molten iceberg |

mirroring in small lake |
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Kuummiit village |

Kuummiit village |

our next campsite east of Kuummiit |
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arctic Fox |

evening light |

early morning solo climb of 1032m high summit above camp |

first sunlight |

summit view in early morning |
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mountains around |

3 sisters in the distance |
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ptarmigan in dsisguise |

ptarmigan nest |
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climbing same summit in midday light |
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boating back at midnight to avoid high waves |

fog rolling in |

flowering vegetation near Tasiilaq bay |
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arrival back to Tasiilaq |

Inuit disemboweling seal |

sledge dog |

helicopter flight back to Kulusuk |
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flying back to Iceland |
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