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In August 2026, Scoresby Sund in East Greenland became the setting for a rare photographic experience: a total solar eclipse over one of the most remote landscapes on Earth. The journey began with a charter flight from Reykjavík to the gravel runway at Constable Point, Nerlerit Inaat, where we boarded the Ocean Sherpa for a circumnavigation of Milne Land. Our first days took us to some unnamed glacial waterfalls, through Hekla Havn on Danmark Island and past the enormous icebergs of Føhnfjord’s “Iceberg City.” With worsening weather approaching on the day of the eclipse, we spent hours sailing ahead of the clouds in hurried search of a protected inlet with clear sky. We managed to outrun the weather, watching totality over the fjord just before clouds closed in behind us. From there, we explored Harefjord and Rypefjord, with views of Eielson Glacier and braided rivers flowing from Tappedal Valley. A highlight was the Bjørne Øer, or Bear Islands, a glacially sculpted archipelago stretching more than 10 kilometers, with sharp ridges rising 440 meters above the water. Icebergs filled the fjords throughout the expedition, while encounters with musk oxen, Arctic hares, and a polar bear mother with her cub brought wildlife into the landscape. The journey ended in Ittoqqortoormiit, a settlement of roughly 350 people and one of Greenland’s most isolated communities, dependent on supply ships during the brief ice-free summer season. With the next total solar eclipse over Scoresby Sund not occurring for centuries, experiencing totality amid its immense icebergs, rugged mountains, wildlife, and extraordinary isolation made this a journey that cannot be repeated in my lifetime.


















































































































