Leaving civilisation behind - a photo on Flickriver

Leaving civilisation behind

            Not a good-quality photo but I am sharing it because we rarely see pictures of this part of the world. Qeqertarsuaq in the background is the only town on Disko Island, West Greenland.  Founded by whalers in 1773, the town of under 900 inhabitants is now home to a campus of the University of Copenhagen known as Arctic Station.  When the waters of Disko Bay are navigable during summer and autumn, the heliport is closed and communication between Disko Bay settlements occurs only by Disko Line, the local ferry company. We had arrived by ferry in the morning and headed straight for the uninhabited interior, carrying food for a week and a topo map of the area which showed some suggested hiking routes. We thought of crossing a low pass to combine two valleys and walk along a fjord to make it a loop hike. That did not seem too ambitious.  Trails fizzle out within a short distance from town. Temperatures were in the  0 to 10 degrees Celsius (30-50F) range, pleasant for hiking with a loaded backpack.  Day 1 of our Disko Island hike.
   

Taken in: Greenland / Avannaata / Qeqertarsuaq (show map)

Taken on: June 26, 2006

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Disko Bay

Disko Island

Greenland

Qeqertarsuaq

West Greenland

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Sets appears in: • 2006-6 Greenland- Disko Island

Groups appears in: • north of 60 • greenland more » • Backpacking • * Travel Photography for World Nomads * • Deep North • hiking climbing backpacking • Backpacking and Hiking pictures • in explore • Nordic Landscape « less

Camera: Canon EOS 350D, f/8.0, 1/200 sec, 38mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 350D
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length:	38mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 12.1 (Macintosh)
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