{"id":2422,"date":"2020-03-17T20:18:11","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T18:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/?p=2422"},"modified":"2026-01-18T22:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T20:49:11","slug":"groenlanda-zbor-peste-ghetar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/en\/2020\/03\/groenlanda-zbor-peste-ghetar\/","title":{"rendered":"GREENLAND \u2013 flight over the glacier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I did not want to lose anything that Greenland offers, to be\nmore precise Ilulissat<\/strong>, where I am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I said “yes” in an instant when they asked me\nif I wanted to go on a helicopter flight over the Sermeq Kujalleq glacier<\/strong> \u2013 the most productive glacier in the\nNorthern Hemisphere! As I was saying in a different post, this glacier is the\nfastest in the world: during the last years, it has advanced 40 meters every\nday!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HELICOPTER TOUR<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At 10 o’clock I go to the Tourism Center, from where we, the\npeople who wanted this tour, are taken to the airport. “The people”\nare ten people. From all countries. I know some of them already from previous\ntrips\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are no planes on the runway, just our helicopter. A large, beautiful, red one\u2026 Dear, oh dear \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The guide tells us what type of a helicopter it is. All I\nheard was that “it was used in Vietnam” and that “now it\nfunctions perfectly well”, and then I decide I don’t want to hear anything\nelse hihi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The helicopter has 12 places. We are ten tourists, so we are\nscattered everywhere. Some take the main door, others \u2013 like myself \u2013 on small\nlateral doors. I can say that I have a seat in the lateral lodge\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The difference from the passengers who went into the main compartment of the helicopter and who are facing the direction of flying or they are with their backs turned to it, I, from my lodge, see everything from the lateral side. I cannot move too much, as the space here is small and I share it with an Asian lady, but I try to make a selfie. Not a very good one \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Underneath, we see a dream image. An impressive reality!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two pilots show us the glacier, huge, beautiful, that\nstretches immediately after the mountain we are flying over now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With all the ice we have here, some whiskey would be good too. A few trucks of whiskey \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After half an hour of flying, we land on the peak of the\nmountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We get off the helicopter and the pilots start checking it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We, the ten tourists, go all over the place, to see it and\ntake some pictures. The glacier is very close, but the area where we can walk\nis limited, as we were told after landing. For our safety, of course!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A few hundred meters away from us, there is a station that\npermanently records the moving of the glacier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two pilots show me some areas where the\n“landscape” is no longer as they knew it from the previous day or\ntwo! They are amazed at some of the changes generated by the movement of the\nhuge ice pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I ask the pilot to take a photo of me. However, I find it impossible to keep my eyes open in this white d\u00e9cor, where light is very strong! I am always prepared for anything, but right now I have forgotten my sunglasses (I have put them in my luggage, as immediately after this tour, I go to Iceland).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The copilot pities me and\u2026 he gives me his sunglasses! Not as a present, but just for one photo \ud83d\ude42 And long enough for me to be able to see the landscape around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With all the silence around, we can hear the cracks of the\nice blocks! It is a strange sound!!! “Like thunders”, the pilot tells\nme. It sounds just like that, just like a thunderstorm. I cannot describe the\nsensation. I think I’d die from fear if I were here alone\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We walk around this mountain for half an hour, we take\npictures, we get as close as possible to the glacier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The pilot and the copilot show us a piece of blue ice and they tell us that this blue ice is a “fresh” one. When they come into contact with the oxygen, they become white, like all this white ice land\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s it, the half hour of wandering around is over, so we\nget into the helicopter, to get back into the town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This time, we change places \u2013 this is the rule. Because when we came here I had the lateral lodge, now I sit in front, with my back to the pilots. I make a selfie with the two, without them knowing\u2026 Then I prepare my camera, my phone and the gopro and\u2026 Go, Planet!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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