Rest stop a quarter of the way there, it was foggy for this section, but luckily it was the relatively boring bit

We had a few streams to cross

We passed a few off grid fishing huts on this small iceberg filled bay

Giant steps

The sun was shining by now

The water here is a freshwater lake, connected to the sea only 50m away by the stream which flows through these boulders.

A few weeks before we passed by it was full of trout leaping up the steam to spawn in the lake - the locals catch loads each year as they migrate. When we were there quite a few young ones were swimming between the boulders.

Third stop, three-quarters of the way there

Drinking waterfall water

Walking down through a gully

It's a very varied landscape

Approaching Oqaatsut

With Erik, our guide

Oqaatsut - the bigger blue building in the distance on the right is a fish processing plant which handles the local catch

A well deserved crowberry beer

Our ride back to Ilulissat arriving at the pontoon - the fog had returned

This gives a good impression of the 90% of the weight of the ice that is under water

When hit by wake from the boat the ice is immobile due to its mass, appearing to behave more like a rock than a floating object

Coming into Ilulissat - the smooth parts of this iceberg would have spent time underwater before it rolled into its current position, while the rough parts will have always been above the surface

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