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 |
mountains around Tasiilaq |
Tasiilaq cemetery |
climbing Somandsfjeldet |
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 |
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 |
