Author Archives: Nathan Gallagher

Returning South


The complete 2008 Disko Bay Expedition crew. Photo: Nathan Gallagher

Uummannaq Fjord

Uummannaq Fjord
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Exploring Perdlerfiup Sermia

Perdlerfiup Sermia
Glacial winds at Perdlerfiup Sermia.
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  • By Nathan Gallagher
  • Thursday 2 Oct, 10:09
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Hotel Uummannaq

Jarvis Cocker, Robyn Hitchcock, Martha Wainwright, KT Tunstall and Ryuichi Sakamoto
Jarvis Cocker, Robyn Hitchcock, Martha Wainwright, KT Tunstall and Ryuichi Sakamoto at Hotel Uummannaq.
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Uummannaq images

Uummannaq. Photo: Nathan Gallagher

Fishing boat beside melting glaciers
Five photos taken in and around Uummannaq.
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Our Inuit guide Ludvig

Ludvig Hammeken

Our Inuit guide Ludvig in his hometown of Uummannaq, the most northerly settlement we’ll visited during the expedition – home to 1400 people and 3000 howling dogs.

  • By Nathan Gallagher
  • Wednesday 1 Oct, 11:23
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Ilulissat Kangia

Icebergs at the foot of Ilulissat Kangia (Danish name Jacobshavn Glacier)

Icebergs at the foot of Ilulissat Kangia (Danish name Jacobshavn Glacier)
Four photos of icebergs at the foot of Ilulissat Kangia (Danish name – Jacobshavn Glacier).
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Greenlanding

Day 5 and this is the first textural blog I’ve managed to get out! A reflection on the amount of things I’ve been shooting so far. Today we stopped to pick up more passengers (Graham Hill, Shlomo and Jude Kelly) so I took the opportunity to have a quick look around the port.

It was a working port, a few large ships and a swath of smaller fishing vessels, so it was probably a little naive being surprised at the sight of a whaling vessel off-loading it’s cargo. The man on board snagged a chunk of flesh onto a hooked stick held by another boiler-suit-cladded fisherman who in turn slung it into the back of a nearby pick-up. The amount of meat involved resembled the props department of a good horror movie, luckily for the weak of stomach, the whole show was sugar coated with a blanket of falling snow.
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Whales and birds near Ilulissat Kangia

A whale surfaces near the mouth of Ilulissat Kangia

Icebergs near the mouth of Ilulissat Kangia
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  • By Nathan Gallagher
  • Monday 29 Sep, 10:45
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Qeqertarsuaq (Godhavn)

Husky dog
Greenlandic huskie dogs, bred with wolves and used for pulling sledges, surround the town of Qeqertarsuaq.

House in the small town of Qeqertarsuaq (Godhavn)
House on the rocks in the small town of Qeqertarsuaq (Godhavn).
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  • By Nathan Gallagher
  • Sunday 28 Sep, 23:59
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Arriving in Qeqertarsuaq

House in the small town of Qeqertarsuaq (Godhavn)

After almost 24 hours sail we get the opportunity to explore Greenland’s soil, disembarking at the small town of Qeqertarsuaq (Danish name Godhavn).

Massive icebergs hover off the shore
Massive icebergs hover off the shore.
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  • By Nathan Gallagher
  • Sunday 28 Sep, 18:30
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Karen

Karen
Karen, our Inuit guide