PORT VICTOR AND THE EQI GLACIER

Probably one of the most expensive excursions in Disko Bay but by far the most fantastic! About 5 hours by boat up the magnificent Ataa fjord, you will arrive in front of the majestic Eqi glacier. The boat then shuts off the engines for an hour to let you listen to the calving of the glacier and watch huge pieces of ice fall in a deafening noise similar to the roar of a thunderstorm. In reality, the noise is continuous because the crackling is also happening inside the glacier. Magic. A safety distance of 1.5 km is maintained due to the risk of some waves turning into real tsunamis. But that's not all, Port Victor also has a history: it was here that the French Polar Expeditions led by Paul-Émile Victor established their base camp in the summer of 1948. The objective was to open a trail to the ice cap and to carry out numerous scientific surveys. He had set up shop there with 90 tons of equipment and 25 men. His hut is still there on the southern edge of the bay, now a little distant from the glacier because of the retreat of the last decades. It remains in very poor condition but several Frenchmen are lobbying the local authorities to try to renovate it, a project to be followed