South Greenland
Nanortalik Setting
This panoramic image was captured in one of Greenland's southernmost towns: Nanortalik. After a very hazy and cloudy day, the overcast skies let up and allowed some sunshine in. Available in the following sizes: 10x30, 12x36, 16x48, 20x60, 24x72, 30x90, Triptychs also available, please ask.
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Conquest
In the Summer of 2017, I embarked on a two week backpacking trip to South Greenland - a once in a lifetime experience. The expedition led me to many beautiful sights, but I believe that this view may be the most impressive I have seen or photographed in my entire life. It is hard to interpret the scale of these mountains from the image itself, but the massive peaks in the distance rise some 6,000 feet almost straight up from the fjord below. Groups of icebergs floated freely as they travel from nearby glacier fields. It took many miles on foot before we reached the end of the valley seen here. Then, a zodiac boat chartered us to the base of yet another massive mountain. A long climb to set up camp high up on this rock giant and another hour or two to search for this ultimate vista ensued. It was a long day indeed for the five of us - the only humans for miles and miles.
Vertigo
In the Summer of 2017, I embarked on a two week backpacking trip to South Greenland - a once in a lifetime experience. The expedition led me to many beautiful sights, but I believe that this view may be the most impressive I have seen or photographed in my entire life. It is hard to interpret the scale of these mountains from the image itself, but the massive peaks in the distance rise some 6,000 feet almost straight up from the fjord below. Groups of icebergs floated freely as they travel from nearby glacier fields. It took many miles on foot before we reached the end of the valley seen here. Then, a zodiac boat chartered us to the base of yet another massive mountain. A long climb to set up camp high up on this rock giant and another hour or two to search for this ultimate vista ensued. It was a long day indeed for the five of us - the only humans for miles and miles. This image consists of two individual frames, and is focus stacked for sharp details from the front to the back.
Sentinel Berg
On the last day of my recent two-week backpacking expedition to Southern Greenland, I woke up early to the prospect of finally finding some giant icebergs before ultimately taking the two hour boat ride back to the nearest town where we began. The light must be extremely soft when photographing these floating masterpieces or the image becomes overrun with harsh highlights. Golden hour is a perfect time to shoot. After packing up camp that morning, we boarded a small fiberglass hull fishing boat at dawn and threw on our warm fishing suits to protect us from the cold. After leaving camp, we boated through one of the more impressive sections of fjord in Greenland. Even though we were revisiting this section for the second time, we did not see any icebergs that came close to the size of this behemoth on our initial attempt. I was half asleep tucked into my suit when we came upon this floating giant. Shooting “Titan” was perhaps the best ending to an amazing trip. Luckily, our fiberglass hull was able to push through the smaller ice pieces and we never ended up needing to share one life jacket aboard between the five of us on board.
Glacial Melt
Shot at the very end of the Tasermiut Fjord, in South Greenland where the water meets the ice sheet. We were told the glacier retreats around 45 meters per year on average. The glacial melts and runs underneath giant formations of the vibrant blue ice. At night, when sleeping near the glacier, you will hear large pieces falling off into the fjord water. It often sounds like dynamite as the ice avalanches down.
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Encroachment
Perhaps my favorite type of scene - clouds wrapped around jagged peaks. I shot this image from a nearby mountain as the moody evening and cloud cover one of the taller peaks of Tasermiut Fjord, South Greenland.
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Tasermiut's End
It was well worth the bushwhacking and strenuous hike to get to this viewpoint to capture this panorama. This image was captured near the end of the Tasermiut Fjord, where the water meets the glacier head. From thousands of feet up, I could see all around me, including the fading alpen glow on distant high peaks that are hidden from view at the base of this mountain.
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The Awakening
I captured this mystical sunrise in South Greenland only 50 yards from my tent. The low hanging fog obscures much the fjord view, but adds a beautiful emotion to the image. The striking mountains across from me are some six-thousand or more feet tall and rise almost straight up rom the fjord below. At camp, roughly two-thousand feet above the water, I waited in the morning frost as the sun lit up the rock giants across the cloud covered fjord.
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