Greenland South Eastern Landscapes

It is a remote land of untamed and unbri­dled beau­ty which is rarely vis­it­ed and even less rarely pho­tographed. This is a unique oppor­tu­ni­ty to join Paul Gal­lagher, Michael Pilk­ing­ton along with co-leader Mar­tyn Lucas on an expe­di­tion adven­ture to the South East coast of Green­land to pho­to­graph awe-inspir­ing land­scapes and mag­i­cal ice­bergs this incred­i­ble loca­tion offers. Mar­tyn Lucas is a pro­fes­sion­al pho­tog­ra­ph­er who has been vis­it­ing and lead­ing expe­di­tions here for many years. The land­scape and seascapes of this region are both spec­tac­u­lar and extra­or­di­nary. Pho­tograph­ing unbe­liev­able scenes under soft gold­en Arc­tic light is stim­u­lat­ing and, if we are lucky, Auro­ra Bore­alis in the chill­ness of night time too. We will also see and pho­to­graph incred­i­ble castel­lat­ed ice­bergs that have calved off the many glac­i­ers which sur­round us. 

Dra­mat­ic glac­i­ers with their deep crevass­es and com­plex forms, fis­sures of blue ice tan­ta­liz­ing­ly near­by. And of course, the oppor­tu­ni­ty to wit­ness huge columns of ice col­laps­ing into the fjords, begin­ning their ethe­re­al drift towards the ocean.

This expe­di­tion has been struc­tured to pro­vide the very best pos­si­ble oppor­tu­ni­ties to pho­to­graph this hard to imag­ine land­scape of the remote South East Coast of Green­land. Work­ing dur­ing the best light of the day we will max­i­mize our time for pho­tog­ra­phy with dai­ly shore and ded­i­cat­ed boat excur­sions, with plen­ty of time to pho­to­graph breath tak­ing scenes.

This exclu­sive expe­di­tion is for a lim­it­ed num­ber of approx­i­mate­ly 9 par­tic­i­pants plus lead­ers and is devot­ed to the pho­tog­ra­phy of Green­land land­scapes and seascapes in the south east of the coun­try. We will be sit­u­at­ed in a very cosy and com­fort­able hotel in the Inu­it town of Tasi­ilaq where some 2,000 inhab­i­tants live. There will be oppor­tu­ni­ties to meet and enjoy encoun­ters with the Inu­it peo­ple and learn about their cul­ture and history.

Our hotel will be in Tasi­ilak which is beau­ti­ful­ly locat­ed in its own lit­tle bay, sur­round­ed by majes­tic moun­tains. There is some excel­lent hik­ing in the near vicin­i­ty with majes­tic peaks pierc­ing the sky­line and clear ice-cold lakes.

If you are excit­ed by the idea of trav­el­ing to the south east Coast of Green­land to pho­to­graph the incred­i­ble land­scapes of this coun­try with a small group of ded­i­cat­ed and pas­sion­ate pho­tog­ra­phers, then this will be the trip of a lifetime!

Dai­ly adven­tures abound and weath­er per­mit­ting we will sail to the mag­nif­i­cent Knud Ras­mussen Glac­i­er in Ser­mili­gaaq fjord and go ashore at the desert­ed Amer­i­can WW2 air­base called Ikateq. Here there is plen­ty of oppor­tu­ni­ty to get a clos­er look at aban­doned trucks, build­ings and oil drums, while ice­bergs offer a per­fect back drop. We will also sail between ice­bergs and ice floes as we make a trip to the Apu­si­aa­jik glac­i­er. It is also our inten­tion to vis­it the Inu­it set­tle­ments of Kum­mi­ut, Osor­toq and Semi­li­gaq. There will be times when we are in the open sea as we sail into dif­fer­ent fjord sys­tems. Safe­ty brief­in­gs will be held pri­or to board­ing our boat, includ­ing use of life jack­et and sur­vival equipment.

At this time of the year there is like­ly to be stun­ning morn­ing frosts, the first sea ice and beau­ti­ful soft pink light — an absolute­ly ide­al com­bi­na­tion for pho­tog­ra­phy in this spec­tac­u­lar region of Green­land. There is also an excel­lent chance we will be daz­zled by the Auro­ra Bore­alis too…truly an epic phenomenon.

Meals con­sist of break­fast, packed lunch, and din­ners are held at reg­u­lar times. All par­tic­i­pants will fly into Kulusuk, Green­land from Reyk­javik Domes­tic Air­port in Ice­land. This is when the work­shop will begin. We can assist all par­tic­i­pants in arrange this flight through local con­tacts. Upon arrival you will be trans­port­ed by heli­copter and/​or boat to our hotel in Tasi­ilak. At the con­clu­sion of our adven­ture, you will be trans­port­ed back to Kulusuk either by heli­copter or boat in time for your return flight to Reyk­javik, Ice­land. All helicopter/​boat rides between Kulusuk and Tasi­ilak are includ­ed as part of your pho­tog­ra­phy tour.