Our first steps on the icecap above Nagtiviit Fjord are...
and then leave for the wild.
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| Welcome to Tasiilaq | Visit to the cemetery | Two feminine soccer teams are fighting for the Tasiilaq cup | We can't escape from the children attacks | No comment |
Our first steps on the icecap above Nagtiviit Fjord are... |
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| on an ice that is too hard to ski but the first... | 6km are easy with such a perfect weather! | Our first camp. | On day 2 the icefield begin to change... | there is more and more water... | and the ground becomes very irregular... |
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| to end up with crevasses. | Real difficulties begin... | and culminate with the rain. | We are stuck under our tents for 2 entire days... | reading and playing cards | On the second evening, rain starts to decrease... |
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| so we decide to go on. | We walk until it's to dark to see | The next day, we decide to come back. | We enjoy for the first time a bit of skiing... | through crevasses and puddle pools. | After a short pause... |
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| we continue in the direction of ... | the big crevasses field. | We spend 5 hours to do... | 2 km!! | The first breaks begin... | our moral is challenged... |
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| but we finally come out of it | The next day, we reach the sea... | ready for a new adventure: | Part 2 - Kayaking. | Our starting point is a hunting house. | We do a first test on a rainy day... |
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and then leave for the wild. |
We use 2-places kayaks... | and choose nice sceneries for our camps. | We spend some days in the Sermiligaq region... | to explore the neighbouring glaciers... | and fjord. |
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| It's a concert of cracks... | and despite the relatively bad weather | we have the chance to witness | some beautiful scenery. | Sometimes we stretch our legs by climbing a little mountain. | The camp are on relatively dry ground... |
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| so we are able to dry... | our stuff when the sun shines. | We do a short stop in an abandoned US army base to... | witness the price of the dis-respectful imperialism of USA. | We continue to paddle... | in narrow fjords |
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| and choose to cross a narrow... | channel only navigable at high tide... | to reach the greenlandic village of Kummit. | From there, we enjoy a beautiful day kayaking | among amazing and | beautiful icebergs. |
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| We enjoy the sun and... | scenery. | Time flies to fast: | it's already our last camp... | before a stormy last fjord crossing... | to reach Kulusuk and its tireless... |
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| army of children. | THE END |