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At the mouth

Sail in.

Open water behind you, ice ahead. Go as far in as you like.

Some of what you find along the way can be kept for your plan.

From the bow, Scoresby Sund

A day in

The open sea falls behind you.Rock on every side, and no road to any of it.At the far wall, a glacier comes down to the water.

Scoresby Sund, in late summer

Deep in

The ice arrives, one piece at a time.Listen.This is how far in you are.

The engine is still running.

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Ashore

A small boat puts you on the rock.Climb. The mist comes up the slope with you.Then it opens, and the fjord fits in one look.

Inner Scoresby Sund

The far end

In August the sun barely leaves.Then, night by night, the dark comes back.And on a clear night, this.

The night of

Scoresby Sund at sunset

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The fjord from aboveAll of Scoresby Sund on one August day, for those who like to see where they are.

Scoresby Sund seen from space in August: a wide dark basin opening to the sea on the right, branching westward into long narrow fjords between ice caps, with white specks of ice scattered across the water — Scoresby Sund from space, 21 August 2003. The white specks on the water are ice. The line is one way in: across Hall Bredning and west along the north side of Milne Land.

The figures, for those who like them.

Daylight in the middle of August
Daylight at the end of September
The sun at its lowest, 15 August
The sun at its lowest, 20 September
Ittoqqortoormiit: 70°29′N 021°58′W
The fjord, mouth to farthest arm: about 350 km

Figures for 70.5°N. The aurora needs a dark, clear night and a restless sky, and is never certain.

A ship's bell in silhouette against the last light, a bright path of sun on dark water and low islands on the horizon

Come and hear it.

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The ship's bell at last light, Scoresby Sund