On the way to Kapisillit.

The water route via Godthåbsfjorden (Nuup Kangerdlua) was about 100 km long, and the boat trip would last about four hours.

The seascape during the journey was very picturesque, although a bit gloomy due to the weather.

This photo was taken shortly after leaving Nuuk.

Hey, was that an iceberg that just floated by?

The first iceberg was a relatively small one, perhaps two or three meters on the longer side, and not very high. The larger ones were at least the size of the boat both length- and heightwise.

The iceberg photo presented on the title page of the report (repeated here, to the right) was also taken during this journey.

The icebergs were part of the reason the boat could not travel very fast — the fjord eventually became filled with them as we approached Kapisillit.

Looking at the map (to the right; photographed at the village school we would visit later), the reason for this is evident: at a place called Kangersuneq, a glacier extends into the fjord. When the ice melts, parts of it break off and drift further into the fjord as icebergs.

On the map, Nuuk is in the second square from the bottom, second square from the left (where the text "Godthåb" is barely visible in the photo if you look at the larger version of the image).

Kapisillit is located at the red marking at the right (third square from top, second from right). Kangersuneq is a bit northeast from Kapisillit, on the other side of the neck of land.

Now that's a large iceberg.

We stopped briefly to admire this one from a close distance.

Some of us touched it. It was too cold for me to even imagine doing that.