Following our pillaging of the Greenlandic supermarket, we made a fast getaway on our Zodiac boat with J.J.
But first, some orientation on the map. We are leaving Narsaq and are heading to the Qalerallit camp. The first map picture is the wide view which includes Qassiarsuk and the second map view is a closer look at the area from Narsaq to the glacier front and camp.
J.J. took us to the front of the glacier. This was my first experience being up close and personal with a glacier meeting water so I was pretty excited.
And J.J. made it his mission to make it even more exciting.
J.J. drives a Zodiac boat the way that Dale Earnhardt drives a stock car for NASCAR. Footage of this event may or may not be forthcoming because I decided to try out my GoPro for this part of the trip (and because J.J.’s driving made me fear for my ability to keep my cell phone in my hands).
And get this: the GoPro froze.
What the heck?
Spoiler alert: I used my iPhone for the rest of the trip, and it didn’t freeze.
One would think a GoPro would be a bit more hardy.
So, if I can get the footage from there to here, I will.
In the meantime, suffice to say that being that close to that much ice is just beautiful and awe inspiring. And J.J. got us close…real close. His instructions were “I will let you stand up to take pictures now, but when I say sit down, you sit down immediately”…and as close as we were to the glacier, I took his directions seriously.
Amy Oswalt 