Greenland

An underwater mountain stands at the mouth of the icefjord and traps the icebergs until they melt or break up enough to be pushed out to sea.

One of the Northernmost churches in the world, Zions Kirke (Zion's Church), is located approximately 220 miles north of the Arctic Circle in western Greenland.

Kayakers get a feel for just how big Greenland’s icebergs are by looking up at them from the waterline.

A board walk leads towards the shore, where lies the remains of Sermermiut, an Inuit winter settlement which was first inhabited around 4000 years ago.

Disko Bay is a large bay on the western coast of Greenland. The bay constitutes a wide southeastern inlet of Baffin Bay.

This massive and fast-moving river of ice travels more than 100 feet per day, dropping huge icebergs into the narrow coastal inlets.

Looking out over Disko Bay with Ilulissat on the left and icebergs moving out to sea in the background.

The Ilulissat Icefjord is around 70 km long and runs in a western direction from the Greenland ice sheet to Disko Bay where it releases around 18 billion tonnes of icebergs every year.

Ilulissat, formerly Jakobshavn, located approximately 350 km north of the Arctic Circle. With a population of 4,670 as of 2020, it is the third-largest town in Greenland.

Signs nearby warn, “EXTREME DANGER!” “Do not walk on the beach. Death and serious injury might occur. Risk of sudden tsunami waves, caused by calving icebergs.”

Sermermiut was an Inuit settlement in Disko Bay, Greenland. The location is now part of the Ilulissat Icefjord World Heritage Site.

The black Siorarsuit beach is completely unique to Disko Island, this is the only black sand beach in the whole of Greenland.

Paddling among the huge icebergs in Disko Bay and enjoying the spectacular view.

The Greenlandic name for the Icefjord.

Some of the bergs stand more than 100m above the level of the water (remember this is only 7-10% of the total size!).