What you do for me at 82 years old is allow me to fly in plains and choppers to places I could never go. My experiences were in a DC3, L1011, DC10 and Convair, you allow me to fly in modern aircraft. Great work and I really appreciate what you do.
I was there in 2007 and flew on Air Greenland A330, DHC Dash 7 (four engines!!), Bell 222, and Sikorsky S-61N. One of the most starkly beautiful places I've ever been!!
I was there in about 2002. A ship up the west coast, through the icebergs at Ilulissat and a helicopter flight that took us from the ground at the airport and landed on grassy flat areas on the north side of the ice. I'm not sure that it was the glacier up there so much as the edge of the ice cap. FWIW, in Ilulissat we stayed at the hotel not far from the airport, the Hotel Arctic. After a few days in Ilussat we flew back to Kangersslussuaq and from there to Copenhagen. Greenland is well worth a visit.
These are used by scientists - we will try to find out specifically what for! Up by the glacier there is quite a bit of scientific research going on, about weather and ice melt but also plenty of other things too.
The shots of the glacier came out much better from the air, so I used those. The good news is you’ll find lots of other videos expressly about glaciers on RU-vid, if you’re bothered by it.
Up until recently it was tough to get in, but while I was there the restrictions were light. Similar to some other Nordic countries. No masks required except onboard commercial flights.
