I finally got to go to the mecca of Greenlandic tourism: Ilulissat. This town is everything you imagine Greenland to be – dog sleds (6000 of them!) and icebergs. But it truly is stunning. Trivia is this: Ilulissat is home to Ilulissat Kangerlua, the northern hemispheres’ most prolific tidewater glacier. The Icefjord here produces 20 million tons of ice per day – that’s equal to the volume of water used by NYC in an entire year (thanks Lonely Planet, but I did double check that stat).
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