Søren and his two brothers in law and the sons of the three, in total 8 men,
spent all of July 2001 in Greenland.
The purpose was:
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Large scale crevasses seen from the plane on our way
over the Southern tip of Greenland |
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To glaciers meet in a crossing valley on their way down from
the inland ice of Greenland |
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We walked like zombies for 7 days (3 times back and forth)
to bring our equipment the 29 km horizontally and 800 m vertically from
the coast to the ice edge. Each of us carried 21-26 kg. |
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A view back over the beautiful route we walked from the sea
to the ice edge |
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Lau stops at a whirling river on top of the glacier |
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Following the river down stream we find a hole where it
vanishes down into the glacier |
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The surface on the glacier was often snow-sump, that is mixed
snow, slush and water. Here Jon breaks through the crust into ankle deep
water |
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Here Jon breaks through the crust into thigh deep
water, possibly a slow moving river |
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We also met large lakes on top of the ice. In the distance
(8 hours away) we see the first set of nunataks, half ways to our goal
J.A.D.Jensen's Nunatakker |
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When on higher areas we escaped the sump and rivers. But
instead met the crevasses. Here Jens is deep into one, hanging in his
rucksack with only his head visible |
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After a long day we found an area with sufficiently dry snow
and lack of crevasses. Tents came up fast, and we went to sleep about 6 pm
in order to start getting up again at 3 am, so we could walk on a frost hard
surface |
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After having slept over for almost two days in a snowstorm,
we started out again towards our final goal J.A.D.Jensen's Nunatakker in
the horizon |
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Yes, we made it |
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At J.A.D.Jensen's Nunatakker we celebrated our success with
cigars, hot chocolate drink and liquorish |
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We climbed the two most Southern nunataks. Here Lau, Troels
and Søren have marked their seizure of the South-Eastern nunatak with a
cairn containing a written message to future followers |
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Fantastic view from one Nunatak to the other. In the center
one barely sees our camp |
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All 8 of us at the J.A.D.Jensen's Nunatakker, ready to start
home |
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Preparing to leave a campsite early in the morning |
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The glacier stretches apparently for ever towards the East |
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We pulled the sledges with a rope. The second rope is the
security rope connecting us 4-and-4. |
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Close to the ice edge, dust blows from the mountains. Were
it gathers, the sun melts the snow, leaving a difficult surface for the
sledges - and for the skiers |
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A few hours after this picture we reached the ice edge |
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Back in the hut at the sea coast we celebrated the trip with
good beer |
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