The day
started like all the other days before, with very nice weather; nearly without any wind, morning
temperature at 10° C, sunny and a little bit overcast. The Fram succeeds to
come close to Ilulissat in spite of a lot of icebergs off the coast of the
town.
The weather
is a good beginning for all the activities we have planned for Ilulissat during
the whole day.
Continues
boat trips to the Ilulissat Ice Fjord from 8.15 am to 17.00 with local boats
and local drivers and guides.
A hike to
Sermermiut to the edge of the Ilulissat Ice Fjord (duration 3 hours, morning
and afternoon)
Another
hike to Holms Bakke (duration 4 – 5 hours during the morning)
A guided
city walk (duration 2 hours during the morning)
A
spectacular helicopter flight to the glacier front of the Ilulissat Glacier (duration
2 hours, morning and afternoon)
Beside all
these activities we had continues shuttle service from the ship to the pier of
the town. Every passenger had the opportunity to visit the town, the
church, the museum, the market and all they wanted to visit.
At 18.00
the last Polar Circle boat was leaving the landing site and half an hour later Fram departs Ilulissat and sails slowly and carefully through the ice to
reach open waters to continue our way further south to Itilleq.
